Pastoralia (2000) (edit title/settings)

Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Bernie: Add a description of this character.
• Marty
• Janet
• Robert
• Freddie
• Jeannine
• Morse
• Tom Rodgers
• Jade
• Nelson
• Cummings
• Cody
• Troy
• Dave
• Dick
• Daryl
• Bibby
• Ellen
• Yaniky
• Ben
• Dalmeyer
• Neil
• Mickey
• Angela
• Ruth
• Vicki
• Kayo
• Louise

Quotes edit see section history

• “When he got home, he would sit on the steps and enjoy a few minutes of centered breathing while reciting his mantra, which was Calm Down Calm Down, before the kids came running out and grabbed his legs and sometimes even bit him quite hard in their excitement and Ruth came out to remind him in an angry tone that he wasn't the only one who'd worked all day, and as he walked he gazed out at the beautiful Taganac in an effort to absorb something of its serenity but instead found himself obsessing about the faulty latch on the gate, which theoretically could allow Annie to toddle out of the yard and into the river, and he pictured himself weeping on the shore, and to eradicate this thought started manically whistling "The Stars and Stripes Forever," while slapping his hands against his sides.”

  Morse (Free indirect discourse)

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Big Slot
• Little Slot

First Sentence edit see section history

Glossary edit see section history

• FIRPO: "<...> the word Daryl used to describe anything he, Cody, did that was bad or dorky."

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Blonde, and followed by Timbuktu.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. George Saunders (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Short Stories
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary