PastoraliaBy: George Saunders 'Saunders is an astoundingly tuned voice graceful, dark, authentic and funny telling just the kind of stories we need to get us through these times' Thomas Pynchon In PASTORALIA elements of contemporary life are twisted, merged and amplified into a slightly skewed version of modern America. A couple live and work in a caveman theme park, where speaking is an instantly punishable offence. A born loser attends a self help seminar