Congratulations, by the Way: Some Thoughts on Kindness

by George Saunders

Book Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - This inspiring meditation on kindness from the author of Lincoln in the Bardo is based on his popular commencement address. Three months after George Saunders gave a graduation address at Syracuse University, a transcript of that speech was posted on the website of The New York Times, where its simple, uplifting message struck a deep chord. Within days, it had been shared more than one million times. Why? Because Saunders's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812996275
• ISBN13: 9780812996272
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

underwhelming

if you love george saunders, and i do, you will be less than moved, inspired, comforted, delighted, or any of the things that his books generally do. it's nothing you can't get from his work. maybe you are a 21 year old person graduating from college and so this will work just fine. but i was sad that i didn't get a better slice of the pie with this one.