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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading and Life

George Saunders

4.52 AVERAGE

froglet13's review against another edition

5.0

challenging funny informative medium-paced

allaivv's review against another edition

5.0

hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

imyerhero's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

kaimcbride's review against another edition

5.0

informative inspiring fast-paced

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A great insight into the short story and the role of the reader.

llcyln's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

tim_morrison's review against another edition

4.5

reflective relaxing slow-paced

purplehulk713's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 43%

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I was reading it for school and didn’t feel like finishing it after class had ended.

pixiewitch666's review against another edition

2.0

slow-paced

em_da5h's review against another edition

5.0

funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Fantastic!! Funny, thought-provoking. Learned a lot about these Russian stories and writing. So far favorite book of the year. Saunders writes like you’re talking with your smartest friend. I laughed out loud multiple times. 

cmandeville94's review against another edition

4.0

informative inspiring fast-paced

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Highly informative, beautiful review of the story making craft, helpful introduction into Russian literature