← Back

Pastoralia

George Saunders

First published April 2000
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

The main character is a man working at a Stone Age exhibit where the employees are not allowed to speak except in grunts and must stay in character even when there are no visitors. One of his co-workers, Janet, is "insufficiently dedicated to cavewoman life."

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 2000 The New Yorker, April 3, 2000 MAGAZINE 68
May 2000 Cover Pastoralia Riverhead Books Collection 1
June 2001 Cover Pastoralia Riverhead Books Collection 1
September 2001 Cover Pastoralia Bloomsbury Collection 1
January 2013 Cover Pastoralia Bloomsbury Collection