Resultaten voor 'eley williams'
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Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good
‘Stories that work from the inside out … In these glancing, intriguing stories, Williams is careful never to offer neat endings’ Guardian ‘Stories of deft surprise and smuggled revelations, glorious snapshots of lives lived with bafflement and wonder. Magical’ Jon McGregor, author of Lean Fall Stand ‘Undeniably a skilful book’ Telegraph ‘Poignant and playful’ Daily Mail ‘Delightfully comic stories executed with such precision and care … Williams is a writer with few real rivals for stylistic acuity and invention’ Irish Times ‘I don’t know anyone else who can write like this – language does something special for Eley Williams. What a joy!’ Ben Pester, author of Am I in the Right Place? ‘A visionary writer… Each story is a multi-layered, kaleidoscopic exploration of a moment. Williams writes with both buoyancy and tremendous weight’ Jan Carson, author of Quickly, While They Still Have Horses ‘Frequently brilliant and deeply pleasurable … Williams’ writing is funny, surprising, calming and inimitable’ Caoilinn Hughes, author of The Alternatives ‘Like Kate Atkinson’s recent Normal Rules Don’t Apply, what you have here is a strong, funny writer having some fun’ Bookmunch 'Vital, vivid and oddly companionable stories… that make wonders from the ordinary in a heady but precise wordplay' David Hayden, author of Darker with the Lights On ‘Swimming in Williams’ oceanic imagination is a joy for the head and the heart‘ Ruby Cowling, author of This Paradise ‘There’s a frightening type of joy in these stories; erudite and audacious’ Keiran Goddard, author of I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning ‘Confirms her status as champion of the quixotic, the profound, the pulling-the-rug-from-under-your-feet unexpected. A writer to treasure’ Catherine Taylor, author of The Stirrings
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Scrivere lettere d'amore prima di dimenticare come si fa
I personaggi di queste storie sono colti nel momento in cui tutto precipita. Nel momento in cui perdono - l'amore, la rotta nella vita, la capacità di parlare - o nel momento in cui raccolgono - le penne, i pensieri, il fiato. Nel momento in cui qualcosa sta per coglierli di sorpresa o cambiargli per sempre la vita. Sono incontri minuscoli - con una persona amata, un'opera d'arte, la natura. Incontri sospesi nel tempo, vicinissimi ma mai accaduti veramente, di continuo ripercorsi nelle loro menti instancabili. Eppure, per quanto si sforzino, i protagonisti di questi incontri trovano sempre diabolicamente impossibile esprimersi davvero. Sono bambini dagli occhi cangianti, ragazze che non trovano più le parole, una rumorista destinata a rimanere anonima, una chef che cucina uccelli nell'acquavite. Sono persone dolorosamente consapevoli delle potenzialità del linguaggio ma soprattutto dei suoi limiti. Sono amici, fratelli, amanti che esplorano insieme il sentimento, così come il dizionario, dibattuti fra la necessità di agire e il bisogno tutto umano di essere visti, conosciuti e capiti. "Scrivere lettere d'amore prima di dimenticare come si fa" è una raccolta che trabocca originalità e invenzione di un'autrice adorata dai lettori, paragonata dalla critica a Lydia Davis, Deborah Eisenberg e Amy Hempel.
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A Folly
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Attrib.
And Other Stories‘A writer for whom one struggles to find comparison, because she has arrived in a class of her own' Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent 'A book that says something about how it feels to be human, among the uncertainties of the twenty-first century … exhilarating' Guardian 'It's exhilarating to dive into the associative rush of Williams's writing' Vanity Fair 'It is impossible not to identify with Williams's candid observations of the quirks and quandaries of emotional life’ Times Literary Supplement 'You feel in the safe hands of a storyteller dedicating their talent to our pleasure' Observer 'Funny, playful and utterly bravura' Melissa Harrison, author of By Ash, Oak and Thorn 'One of the most promising young British writers to emerge in the past few years' Financial Times 'There's no one working in the UK quite like her' Joanna Walsh 'An emotionally delicate and tenderly introspective collection' New Statesman 'Funny, playful and utterly bravura' Melissa Harrison, Financial Times 'The real inexplicable gorgeous brilliant thing' Max Porter, author of Grief Is The Thing With Feathers 'It proved you can generate acrobatic, edge-of-your-seat fiction, from little more than random arcana' The Telegraph 'Attrib. And Other Stories cornered the market in cerebral playfulness' Guardian ‘I came late to Eley Williams and am happy to have found her. Hearing her read her short story ‘Smote’ aloud recently blew me away’ Daisy Johnson, author of Everything Under 'Think William Gass, Lydia Davis or Anne Carson, and you won't be too wrong' Michael Hoffmann, London Review of Books ‘Wondrous things, shots of linguistic pleasure that take moments of everyday life and fashion something marvellous from them’ Times Literary Supplement
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Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good
‘Stories that work from the inside out … In these glancing, intriguing stories, Williams is careful never to offer neat endings’ Guardian ‘Stories of deft surprise and smuggled revelations, glorious snapshots of lives lived with bafflement and wonder. Magical’ Jon McGregor, author of Lean Fall Stand ‘Undeniably a skilful book’ Telegraph ‘Poignant and playful’ Daily Mail ‘Delightfully comic stories executed with such precision and care … Williams is a writer with few real rivals for stylistic acuity and invention’ Irish Times ‘I don’t know anyone else who can write like this – language does something special for Eley Williams. What a joy!’ Ben Pester, author of Am I in the Right Place? ‘A visionary writer… Each story is a multi-layered, kaleidoscopic exploration of a moment. Williams writes with both buoyancy and tremendous weight’ Jan Carson, author of Quickly, While They Still Have Horses ‘Frequently brilliant and deeply pleasurable … Williams’ writing is funny, surprising, calming and inimitable’ Caoilinn Hughes, author of The Alternatives ‘Like Kate Atkinson’s recent Normal Rules Don’t Apply, what you have here is a strong, funny writer having some fun’ Bookmunch 'Vital, vivid and oddly companionable stories… that make wonders from the ordinary in a heady but precise wordplay' David Hayden, author of Darker with the Lights On ‘Swimming in Williams’ oceanic imagination is a joy for the head and the heart‘ Ruby Cowling, author of This Paradise ‘There’s a frightening type of joy in these stories; erudite and audacious’ Keiran Goddard, author of I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning ‘Confirms her status as champion of the quixotic, the profound, the pulling-the-rug-from-under-your-feet unexpected. A writer to treasure’ Catherine Taylor, author of The Stirrings
€ 19,50 -
Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good
‘Stories that work from the inside out … In these glancing, intriguing stories, Williams is careful never to offer neat endings’ Guardian ‘Stories of deft surprise and smuggled revelations, glorious snapshots of lives lived with bafflement and wonder. Magical’ Jon McGregor, author of Lean Fall Stand ‘Undeniably a skilful book’ Telegraph ‘Poignant and playful’ Daily Mail ‘Delightfully comic stories executed with such precision and care … Williams is a writer with few real rivals for stylistic acuity and invention’ Irish Times ‘I don’t know anyone else who can write like this – language does something special for Eley Williams. What a joy!’ Ben Pester, author of Am I in the Right Place? ‘A visionary writer… Each story is a multi-layered, kaleidoscopic exploration of a moment. Williams writes with both buoyancy and tremendous weight’ Jan Carson, author of Quickly, While They Still Have Horses ‘Frequently brilliant and deeply pleasurable … Williams’ writing is funny, surprising, calming and inimitable’ Caoilinn Hughes, author of The Alternatives ‘Like Kate Atkinson’s recent Normal Rules Don’t Apply, what you have here is a strong, funny writer having some fun’ Bookmunch 'Vital, vivid and oddly companionable stories… that make wonders from the ordinary in a heady but precise wordplay' David Hayden, author of Darker with the Lights On ‘Swimming in Williams’ oceanic imagination is a joy for the head and the heart‘ Ruby Cowling, author of This Paradise ‘There’s a frightening type of joy in these stories; erudite and audacious’ Keiran Goddard, author of I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning ‘Confirms her status as champion of the quixotic, the profound, the pulling-the-rug-from-under-your-feet unexpected. A writer to treasure’ Catherine Taylor, author of The Stirrings
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The Liar's Dictionary
€ 105,95 -
El diccionario del mentiroso
UNA CAUTIVADORA COMEDIA SOBRE EL AMOR, LAS PALABRAS... Y EL AMOR POR LAS PALABRASLondres, 1899. Peter Winceworth, lexicógrafo de profesión, anda enfrascado en pulir la definición de las palabras que comienzan por la letra S para el Diccionario Enciclopédico Swansby. Tarea peliaguda donde las haya teniendo en cuenta que desde niño, quién sabe por qué, tal vez por tedio o por llevar la contraria, Winceworth finge que cecea, y últi¡mamente no puede reprimir el impulso, de cuando en cuando, de colar en el diccionario la definición más precisa posible de una palabra que acaba de inventarse. Aunque ahora que ha conocido a la bella e inaprensible Sophia, no parece que vaya a volver a aburrirse por un tiempo.Londres, en la actualidad. Mallory es la apocada becaria de Swansby, editorial a la que adjetivar de 'venida a menos' es quedarse francamente corto. Las dos tareas que David Swansby le ha endilgado a Mallory en el desierto edificio en el que trabajan son: desenmascarar las 'entradas ficticias' desperdigadas en el diccionario (pero ¿quién, cuándo, por qué están ahí esas palabras de mentira?) y contestar las llamadas telefónicas de un sujeto anónimo (pero ¿quién, cómo, por qué ese tipo desea que ardan todos en el infierno?). Por suerte para Mallory, tiene en su vida a Pip, que no piensa permitir que nada malo le ocurra.A medida que sus historias avanzan, entretejiéndose a más de un siglo de distancia, Winceworth y Mallory vivirán sendas historias de amor, se verán obligados a convivir consigo mismos y, en definitiva, habrán de negociar las curvas de ese camino casi siempre sin sentido, poco fiable, repleto de engaños y tan difícil de definir al que llamamos 'vida'. Divertidísima primera novela de una autora deslumbrante, El diccionario del mentiroso es una celebración del rigor, la fragilidad y el absurdo del lenguaje y, ante todo, del goce que nos proporcionan las palabras.'Eley Williams combina el amor nabokoviano por los juegos de palabras con una habilidad similar a la de Ali Smith para crear personajesexcéntricos. Una verdadera delicia para los amantes de las palabras'.Publishers Weekly'Una novela extraordinaria, original y divertidísima. El diccionario del mentiroso es una sorprendente exploración de los placeres del lenguaje y sus limitaciones'.The Sunday Times'Una obra llena de virtuosismo y encanto? En cada una de sus páginas sientes que estás en manos de una sólida narradora que pone todo su talento a disposición del entretenimiento del lector. El diccionario del mentiroso es una novela gloriosa, una sabia indagación acerca de nuestra habilidad para definir las palabras y el poder de éstas para definirnos'.The Guardian'Este libro tiene un algo inexplicable, brillante y maravilloso. Lo adoro de un modo que normalmente reservo para las personas'.Max Porter'Uno no se espera que una novela de humor tenga también intriga, pero ésta la tiene. De hecho, la desternillante novela de Eley Williams es a la vez una novela de suspense, una historia de amor (dos, en realidad) y un emocionante melodrama?'.The New York Times Book Review'Una audaz y original historia doble de amor acerca de cómo las personas y el lenguaje se intersectan, se conectan, y qué estamos dispuestos a hacer para salvar aquello que nos apasiona. Es difícil no amar esta ingeniosa novela: léanla de la A a la Z'.NPR'Una delicia? Bajo la intriga extremadamente libresca de la novela subyace la idea de que nuestras identidades son tan provisionales como las palabras con las que intentamos definirlas, y que incluso el diccionario, en teoría el más serio e imparcial guardián de la verdad, es un ?narrador no fiable?'.The Wall Street Journal'Una novela imaginativa, divertida y emocionante? Williams teje una reflexión tremendamente entretenida y edificante sobre la forma en que el lenguaje registra y refleja nuestra visión del mundo, y lo que desearíamos que éste fuera'.BookPage'Uno de los libros del año'. The Guardian
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The Liar's Dictionary
A Novel€ 19,95 -
Attrib. and Other Stories
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The Liar's Dictionary
A winner of the 2021 Betty Trask AwardsI have just read Eley Williams’s forthcoming novel The Liar’s Dictionary, a singular, hilarious, word-drunk novel, which I suspect will be seen in the future as a classic comic novel.
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The BBC National Short Story Award 2020
€ 13,95