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Congratulations, by the way

Congratulations, by the way

Some Thoughts on Kindness

by George Saunders
Hardback
Publication Date: 22/05/2014

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THE 2017 MAN BOOKER-AWARDED AUTHOR OF LINCOLN IN THE BARDO

'Here's something I know to be true, although it's a little corny, and I don't quite know what to do with it: What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness'

Three months after George Saunders gave a convocation address at Syracuse University, a transcript of that speech was posted on the website of The New York Times, where its simple, uplifting message struck a deep chord. Within days, it had been shared more than one million times. Why?

Because Saunders's words tap into a desire in all of us to lead kinder, more fulfilling lives.

Powerful, funny, and wise, Congratulations, by the way is an inspiring message from one of today's most influential and original writers.

ISBN:
9781408859346
9781408859346
Category:
Literary essays
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
22-05-2014
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
64
Dimensions (mm):
178x111mm
Weight:
0.12kg
George Saunders

George Saunders is the author of seven books, including the New York Times bestseller Tenth of December, which won the Folio Prize 2014 and was shortlisted for the National Book Award 2013, an essay collection, The Braindead Megaphone, and the critically acclaimed story collections Civil WarLand in Bad Decline, Pastoralia, and In Persuasion Nation.

In 2013, he gave a graduation lecture at Syracuse University, which was then published as a New York Times bestselling book, Congratulations, by the way. In 2006, he was awarded a MacArthur fellowship. He teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Syracuse University.

In 2017 he was awarded The Man Booker Prize for Lincoln in the Bardo.

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