A Swim in a Pond in the Rain By George Saunders Material:Soft Cover Because Alice sees people—that’s why

Because Alice sees people—that’s why she is so good at what she does—but she’s never met someone who looks and sees her right back

determined to avoid each other at all costs

supportive man named Kyle

this brilliant psychological thriller Is something really a lie if you believe it’s the truth

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain By George Saunders Material:Soft Cover Because Alice sees people—that’s whyFor the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse University. In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, he shares a version of that class with us, offering some of what he and his students have discovered together over the years. Paired with iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, the seven essays in this book are intended for anyone interested in how fiction