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Fox 8
- A Story
- Narrated by: George Saunders
- Length: 37 mins
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Summary
From the number-one New York Times best-selling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a darkly comic short story about the unintended consequences unleashed by our quest to tame the natural world.
Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regarded with a knowing snort and a roll of the eyes. That is, until Fox 8 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”.
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- 05-01-18
If we could see ourselves
A terrible depiction of humanity, a sad truth well told.
I would not say that this is a child's tale but maybe a and early adolescent confrontation with an uncomfortable truth, the violence is real and the pain Fox 8 fills is very real.
A bittersweet tale that revives that child in us and shames the adult for forgetting the magic around us.
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- Shila
- 11-06-17
I love George Saunders. There. I said it.
This story is so compelling. It was a priviledge to listen to it being read by its author.
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- Matt
- 05-02-18
Short and exceptionally sweet.
Fox 8 is such an endearing book with a lot of heart. It makes articulate points about human nature, cruelty and, err, foxes. It'll have you hooked from the start and will keep you there until that final and utterly remarkable line.
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