Fox 8 : a story / George Saunders ; illustrations by Chelsea Cardinal.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Random House, [2018]Edition: First hardcover editionDescription: 48 pages : illustrations ; 19 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781984818027
- 1984818023
- Fox Eight
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Fiction | Saunders George | Available | 33111009280740 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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--featuring gorgeous black-and-white illustrations by Chelsea Cardinal.
Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regard with a knowing snort and a roll of the eyes. That is, until he 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."
"Originally published as an ebook in the United States by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, in 2013"--Title page verso.
Idealistic Fox 8's ability to communicate in "Yuman" cannot save his pack when their den and food supply are destroyed to build a mall, so he writes a letter asking for an explanation of human's cruelty.