You can see why Booker Prize winner George Saunders is so revered as a short story writer, and why his Substack – where he is incredibly generous in his responses to his subscribers – is so well supported. “Liberation Day” bristles with innovation and good writing.
Having said that, its two dystopian stories – set in a future where humans are ‘reprogrammed’ – were slightly difficult to get into, the first one especially so. And I felt the second one was a little too like the first.
But that’s me just being a little churlish! If you want to read some good quality modern short fiction then there will be fewer better places to start than Saunders.
Ian Gouge - Writer 