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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: 6/6/2024
    ISBN13: 9781805302193, 978-1805302193
    ISBN10: 1805302191

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

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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.

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