George Saunders - Guerracivilândia em Mau Declínio

After Pastoralia (Antigone, 2017), here comes George Saunders' acclaimed debut. CivilWars in Bad Decline (1996) brings together six short stories and a novella, published in the New Yorker and Harper's, which focus on the dehumanization of employees subjected to absurd tasks, held hostage by dystopian theme parks, adrift in suburban seas where ultra-liberal entrepreneurs roam and subordinates sink.

From cult novel to masterpiece of the genre, CivilWars is vintage Saunders: a free, desperate, and hilarious voice, a fine-tuned ear for corporate Newspeak, and a fierce empathy for misfits, loners, and losers.

In demented and moving narratives, CivilWars illuminates the dark side of the American dream and, suddenly, redefines the trajectory of contemporary fiction.