Our strangers
Davis, Lydia, 1947-2023
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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.
Main title:
Our strangers / Lydia Davis.
Author:
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2023.
Collation:
353 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781805301899 (hbk)
Dewey class:
813.6F
LC class:
PS3554.A9356
Local class:
FT
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3584963