Each story is an event that you have to survive, laughing and gagging.PastoraliaBy George Saunders, paperback, 208 pages, Riverhead, List price: $15 I knew I loved George Saunders's writing when I got to the part in Pastoralia where dead Aunt Bernie disappears from the cemetery and reappears in a rocking chair, giving the narrator tips on how to be a better male stripper.