Fox 8, George Saunders
Fox 8, George Saunders
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Fox 8
A Story

Author: George Saunders

Narrator: George Saunders

Unabridged: 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/09/2013


Synopsis

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a darkly comic short story about the unintended consequences unleashed by our quest to tame the natural world.

Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regarded with a knowing snort and a roll of the eyes. That is, until Fox 8 develops a unique skill: He teaches himself to speak Yuman by hiding in the bushes outside a house and listening to children’s bedtime stories. The power of language fuels his abundant curiosity about people—even after danjer arrives in the form of a new shopping mall that cuts off his food supply, sending Fox 8 on a harrowing quest to help save his pack.

Told with his distinctive blend of humor and pathos, Fox 8 showcases the extraordinary imaginative talents of George Saunders, whom The New York Times called “the writer for our time.”

About The Author

George Saunders is the author of nine books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Man Booker Prize, and the story collections CivilWarLand, Pastoralia, and Tenth of December, the latter a finalist for the National Book Award. He has received fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Guggenheim Foundation. In 2006 he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. In 2013 he was awarded the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction and was included in Time’s list of the one hundred most influential people in the world. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Maggie on July 04, 2019

This little thing is but a mouthful of fiction, but what a lot of flavors in that mouthful — funny, sweet, sad, and hopeful. I'm asking the same questions you are, Fox 8 .........more

Goodreads review by Justin on December 04, 2018

OMG! It's rare for me to literally laugh out loud, but this short story had me cracking up every page--actually more like every paragraph. George Saunders' wicked way with words is never more exemplified than here, in the point of view of a fox. His glorious misspellings and hilarious societal obser......more

Goodreads review by Sonja Rosa Lisa ♡ on August 19, 2024

Was für eine traurige Geschichte, irgendwie aber auch schön und berührend. Und sie regt zum Nachdenken an. Es geht um einen Fuchs, der sich sehr für die Menschen interessiert und so gerne deren Geschichten lauscht. Er hat sogar die Sprache gelernt. Doch dann wird ein Einkaufszentrum gebaut, und der......more

Goodreads review by Sadie on November 05, 2018

"Yumans wud walk by and go: Hey, look, Foxes. And drop a bit of fud at us. Soon we had karmel korn, sevral parshul biskits, plus a pare so fresh it did not even stink. I woslike: This must be Fud Cort Fox 7 woslike: I gess." I'm CRYING!!! It seems as though George Saunders knows exactly what Sadie Hartm......more

Goodreads review by Emily on September 19, 2024

[URL not allowed] Precious, heartbreaking, and devilishly witty, this short story is a masterful warning to humans on their dismissal of nature’s wellbeing. Through the hilariously charming Fox 8, we see the painful duality of man, their incredible innovations, but unfortunatel......more


Quotes

Praise for George Saunders

“No one writes more powerfully than George Saunders about the lost, the unlucky, the disenfranchised.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

“A true original—restlessly inventive, yet deeply humane.”—Jennifer Egan

“There is no one more essential to our national sense of self and sanity.”—Dave Eggers

“Not since Twain has America produced a satirist this funny.”—Zadie Smith

“The best short-story writer in English.”—Mary Karr

“Saunders makes you feel as though you are reading fiction for the first time.”—Khaled Hosseini