“Love Letter,” by George Saunders | The New Yorker
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Fiction by George Saunders: “What would you have done? I know what you will say: you would have fought. But how? How would you have fought?”
Save this story Save this story Audio: George Saunders reads. February 22, 202_. Dear Robbie, Got your e-mail, kid. Sorry for handwriting in reply. Not sure e-mailing is the best move, considering the topic, but, of course (you being nearly six foot now, your mother says?), that’s up to you, dear, although, you know: strange times. Beautiful day here. A flock of geese just now came in low over the deck, and your grandmother and I, holding the bright-blue mugs you kindly sent at Christmas, did simultaneous hip swivels as they zinged off toward Rosley and, I expect, an easy meal on the golf cour
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