{"product_id":"books-liberation-day-by-george-saunders","title":"Liberation Day","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Saunders is funny and kind as ever, and his narrative virtuosity puts him up there with the best’ \u003c\/b\u003eAnne Enright,\u003ci\u003e Guardian  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A triumph of storytelling’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ei paper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A joy. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Effortlessly stylish, funny and smart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the pre-eminent writer of political dystopia and master of the modern short story, \u003ci\u003eLiberation Day\u003c\/i\u003e takes on ideas of power, ethics and justice, cutting to the very heart of what it means to live in community with our fellow humans. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a Hell-themed section of an underground amusement park, a man is confronted with everything he has taken for granted about his reality. In coded emails, a grandfather advises his grandson on how to survive an autocratic regime. A political protestor for hire struggles to remember who he used to be. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese nine wickedly funny stories encompass joy and despair, oppression and revolution, bizarre fantasy and brutal reality. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The only way to experience Saunders’s oblique, farcical, tragic world is to dive right in. It will take the top of your head off, but it’s worth it’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The world’s best short story writer … \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiberation Day\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is great art' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53767472283921,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781526624994.jpg?v=1783936685","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-liberation-day-by-george-saunders","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}