Vigil

Vigil by George Saunders is a new collection from one of America’s most celebrated and morally serious fiction writers — the author of Lincoln in the Bardo and the Booker Prize-winning A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. With the characteristic wit, compassion, and formal ingenuity that define his best work, Saunders explores the ordinary moments where human beings reveal their deepest selves: in failure, kindness, absurdity, and grace. His prose is unlike anyone else’s — deceptively simple on the surface, resonant and complex beneath — and his ability to locate profound emotion within comic situations remains unmatched in contemporary fiction. Published by Bloomsbury, Vigil confirms Saunders as one of the essential voices of his generation, a writer who makes you laugh and breaks your heart, often in the same sentence.