![]() And I guess part of the process for you - is it trying to figure out if this crazy voice has something to say, something that needs to be said that you can't say in any other way? KELLY: Well, if that was the goal, you succeeded. SAUNDERS: That's the whole game, you know? You know, you just abided with this thing for six or seven months to see if what started out as crazy could eventually be made to reach out to the reader? You know, since so many of the things that we go through in this life are inexplicable, is there any way I could take this crazy idea and, through my attention and my, you know, even love, make it such that, when Mary Louise reads it, it actually speaks to her in some way that surprises her? SAUNDERS: And then, if you're me, you say, well, yeah, it is weird. And for a second you go, just suppress that. And so then, you know, you're the person who produces that idea. They have a certain sort of tone in their voice that makes you want to listen to them. It just was sort of a flash onto the idea of using - almost using a person like a stereo by taking the person's innate verbal abilities and then doing something to them technologically to ramp that up. I had to laugh when you described it that way because I thought, oh, that sounds so dark. ![]() Explain what's going on and why you wanted to start there. This is the dystopian one starring characters who have had their memories mysteriously removed. KELLY: Let's dive right in with that title story, "Liberation Day." It's the longest story in the collection. ![]() GEORGE SAUNDERS: Oh, it's so nice to be here. It is a short story collection that explores everything from misunderstandings to love affairs to lobotomized actors pinned to a wall and forced to perform all kinds of crazy stuff. But "Liberation Day" stands up to its predecessors. Albania Andorra Anguilla Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cambodia Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Fiji Finland France French Guiana Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Haiti Honduras Hong Kong, China Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxemburg Macao, China Macedonia, Republic Of Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Moldova, Republic of Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of Cameroon Reunion Romania Rwanda Saint Kitts And Nevis Samoa San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka St.It's a daunting task to be George Saunders' next book, to live up to the greatness that came before. ![]()
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