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One of the stories, home, was a 2011 bram stoker award finalist. Stories george saunders by saunders, george author tenth of december. Dec 28, 2015 the 10 stories in tenth of december, by george saunders, are all about people. It was later included in his wellreceived 20 collection, tenth of december, which was a best seller and national book award finalist. It includes stories published in various magazines between 1995 and 2009.
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