Author(s): Davis, Lydia,
Binding: Hardback,
Date of Publication: 05/10/2023,
Pagination: 368 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Canongate Books,
Published By: Canongate Books,
Book Classification: Fiction & related items,
Dimensions: 147 x 223 x 40
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781805301899
Binding: Hardback,
Date of Publication: 05/10/2023,
Pagination: 368 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Canongate Books,
Published By: Canongate Books,
Book Classification: Fiction & related items,
Dimensions: 147 x 223 x 40
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781805301899
A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023: FICTION 'A trailblazer in the world of short-form prose' New YorkerLydia 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.