Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), August 27th, 2000
Fables may be an ancient form, but as George Saunders and Gina Berriault show us in their new works, such tales are as suited to our time as they were to Aesop's. Like short stories, they cater to dwindling attention spans. Like pop romances and thrillers, they are morality tales painted with broad, bold strokes. And you don't need to look far to find evidence of fables elsewhere - at the core of most Hollywood mega-releases or in the condescending "final thoughts" of Jerry Springer. For all that, the genre hasn't exactly thrived in contemporary literature. And that makes the publication of n...
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