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A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR: FICTION

''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.

Our Strangers

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      Publisher: Canongate Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 6/6/2024
      ISBN13: 9781805302193, 978-1805302193
      ISBN10: 1805302191
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      Fiction Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR: FICTION

      ''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.

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