CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
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| Author | George Saunders |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | January, 1996 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 192 p. |
| ISBN | 1-57322-579-7 |
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline is short story writer George Saunders’s first full length short story collection, published in 1996; it is 192 pages long. The collection has many stories that appeared in different forms in Kenyon Review, Harper's, The New Yorker and Quarterly West. The collection was a New York Times Notable Book for 1996,[1] as well as a finalist for the 1996 PEN/Hemingway Award.[citation needed]
Contents
- "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline" (Kenyon Review, 1992)
- "Isabelle" (Indiana Review, 1994; reprinted in Harper's, 1994)
- "The Wavemaker Falters" (Witness, 1993)
- "The 400-Pound CEO" (Harper's, 1993)
- "Offloading for Mrs. Schwartz" (The New Yorker, 1992)
- "Downtrodden Mary's Failed Campaign of Terror" (Quarterly West, 1992)
- "Bounty" (Harper's, 1995)
Awards, Honors and Other Appearances
- "Bounty" won the 1995 National Magazine Award for Fiction.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Notable Books of the Year 1996". nytimes.com. The New York Times. 1996-12-08. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
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