This contribution reads the science fiction pieces in George Saunders's Tenth of December against David Wallace's exhortation to endorse "single-entendre values" and become the new rebels in the US literary landscape. The essay aims at demonstrating how Saunders's peculiar way of responding to Wallace's invitation takes the idiosyncratic route of blurring generic forms.

"This Is What Life Is About": Science Fiction and Dystopias in George Saunders's Tenth of December

Masiero, Pia
2018-01-01

Abstract

This contribution reads the science fiction pieces in George Saunders's Tenth of December against David Wallace's exhortation to endorse "single-entendre values" and become the new rebels in the US literary landscape. The essay aims at demonstrating how Saunders's peculiar way of responding to Wallace's invitation takes the idiosyncratic route of blurring generic forms.
2018
XXXVII
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