Fox 8: A Story (Kindle Single)

Fox 8: A Story (Kindle Single)

<b>From the author of the instant <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>Tenth of December</i> comes a darkly comic short story, a fable about the all too real impact that we humans have on the environment—now available for the first time as an eBook.</b><br />  <br /> Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regarded with a knowing snort and a roll of the eyes. That is, until Fox 8 develops a unique skill: He teaches himself to speak “Yuman” by hiding in the bushes outside a house and listening to children’s bedtime stories. The power of language fuels his abundant curiosity about people—even after “danjer” arrives in the form of a new shopping mall that cuts off his food supply, sending Fox 8 on a harrowing quest to help save his pack. Told with his distinctive blend of humor and pathos, <i>Fox 8</i> showcases the extraordinary imaginative talents of George Saunders, whom the <i>New York Times</i> called “the writer for our time.”<br />  <br /> <b>Praise for George Saunders and <i>Tenth of December</i></b><br />  <br /> “The best book you’ll read this year . . . more moving and emotionally accessible than anything that has come before.”—<i>The New York Times Magazine</i><br />  <br /> “Saunders is a complete original, unlike anyone else.”—Dave Eggers<br />  <br /> “Affecting [and] wincingly funny . . . It’s no exaggeration to say that the short story master George Saunders helped change the trajectory of American fiction.”—<i>The Wall Street Journal</i><br />  <br /> “Subversive, hilarious, and emotionally piercing.”—Jennifer Egan<br />  <br /> “Not since Twain has America produced a satirist this funny.”—Zadie Smith<br />  <br /> “George Saunders makes the all-but-impossible look effortless. We’re lucky to have him.”—Jonathan Franzen<br />  <br /> “<i>Tenth of December</i> isn’t just [Saunders’s] most unexpected work yet; it’s also his best . . . as weird, scary, and devastating as America itself.”—NPR<br />  <br /> “An astoundingly tuned voice—graceful, dark, authentic, and funny—telling just the kinds of stories we need to get us through these times.”—Thomas Pynchon<br />  <br /> “The best short-story writer in English alive.” —Mary Karr