{"product_id":"fox-8-isbn-9781984818027","title":"Fox 8","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo, \u003c\/i\u003ea 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Told with his distinctive blend of humor and pathos, \u003ci\u003eFox 8\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the extraordinary imaginative talents of George Saunders, whom \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called “the writer for our time.”\u003cb\u003ePraise for George Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “No one writes more powerfully than George Saunders about the lost, the unlucky, the disenfranchised.”\u003cb\u003e—Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A true original—restlessly inventive, yet deeply humane.”\u003cb\u003e—Jennifer Egan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “There is no one more essential to our national sense of self and sanity.”\u003cb\u003e—Dave Eggers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Not since Twain has America produced a satirist this funny.”\u003cb\u003e—Zadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The best short-story writer in English.”\u003cb\u003e—Mary Karr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Saunders makes you feel as though you are reading fiction for the first time.”\u003cb\u003e—Khaled Hosseini\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of nine books, including the novel \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the Man Booker Prize, and the story collections \u003ci\u003eCivilWarLand, Pastoralia, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Tenth of December, \u003c\/i\u003ethe 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 \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e’s list of the one hundred most influential people in the world. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.#1 New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305016086757,"sku":"NP9781984818027","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781984818027.jpg?v=1767727614","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/fox-8-isbn-9781984818027","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}