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Details... Mark Perlberg, Poet and Writer - Marfa, Spring 2002

 
 

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George Saunders
"Pastoralia"
July 27, 2000

In George Saunders’ dystopian theme parks, the American Dream festers and thrives--fertilized by self-help movements and Big Brother-type cults. We discuss his bleak vision, especially its oddest, but most salient, component: compassion.



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