A review of “Liberation Day” in 100 words by Catherine Stover
Let’s say you wanted to write a story about an American who watches an authoritarian regime crush democracy. What could you do to challenge as many readers’ expectations as possible? Well, you could decide the title would be “Love Letter.” You could make the protagonist a grandfather. You could refrain from having any dialogue in the story by writing it as a letter. You could use a tone that is simultaneously paranoid and reasonable. You could make it one of the most chilling and unforgettable stories of our time. But to accomplish this, you would have to be George Saunders.
Work cited:
Saunders, George. Liberation Day. Random House, paperback edition, 2023, p. 97.