Our Strangers
Author(s): Lydia Davis
A new collection of short fiction from the critically acclaimed master of the form and winner of the Booker International Prize, Lydia Davis.
'A trailblazer in the world of short-form prose' New Yorker
Lydia Davis is a virtuoso at detecting the seemingly casual, inconsequential surprises of daily life and pinning them for inspection. In Our Strangers, conversations are overheard and misheard, a special delivery letter is mistaken for a rare white butterfly, toddlers learning to speak identify a ping-pong ball as an egg and mumbled remarks betray a marriage. In the glow of Davis's keen noticing, strangers can become like family and family like strangers.
Our Strangers is a fascinating collection that confirms the genius of a writer whose every attention is transformative.
Lydia Davis is a virtuoso at detecting the seemingly casual, inconsequential surprises of daily life and pinning them for inspection. In Our Strangers, conversations are overheard and misheard, a special delivery letter is mistaken for a rare white butterfly, toddlers learning to speak identify a ping-pong ball as an egg and mumbled remarks betray a marriage. In the glow of Davis's keen noticing, strangers can become like family and family like strangers.
Our Strangers is a fascinating collection that confirms the genius of a writer whose every attention is transformative.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Canongate Books
- : Canongate Books
- : 479.0
- : 30 August 2023
- : 1.181 Inches X 5.984 Inches X 9.173 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Lydia Davis
- : Hardback
- : English
- : 813.6
- : 368
- : FYB