“The Semplica Girl Diaries”
| Title | “The Semplica Girl Diaries” |
| Year for Search | 2012 |
| Authors | Saunders, George(b. 1958) |
| Secondary Title | The New Yorker |
| Volume / Edition | 88.32 |
| Pagination | 67-75 |
| Date Published | October 15, 2012 |
| ISSN Number | 0028-792X |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | The story takes place in an undefined future with extreme differences of wealth, and the point-of-view character is a man who tries to emulate the rich to please his daughters. He buys a set of Semplica Girls, who are women trafficked from poor countries and used as lawn implements. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in the author's Tenth of December. Stories (New York: Random House, 2013), 109-167 |
| URL | https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/15/the-semplica-girl-diaries-fiction-george-saunders |
| Illustration | Illus. Martin Ansin |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | (b. 1958) |
| Full Text | 2012 Saunders, George (b. 1958). “The Semplica Girl Diaries.” Illus. Martin Ansin. The New Yorker 88.32 (October 15, 2012): 67-75. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/15/the-semplica-girl-diaries-fiction-george-saunders Rpt. in his Tenth of December. Stories (New York: Random House, 2013), 109-167. PSt The story takes place in an undefined future with extreme differences of wealth, and the point-of-view character is a man who tries to emulate the rich to please his daughters. He buys a set of Semplica Girls, who are women trafficked from poor countries and used as lawn implements. The author is a professor in the M.F.A. program at Syracuse University. |
