Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good: The dazzling new short story collection from the Granta Best Young British Novelist

di Eley Williams (Autore)

Kit Griffiths (Narratore)

Fourth Estate, 2024

A Granta Best Young British Novelist 'A thrilling love for the stuff of language … Magical' JON McGREGOR ‘Poignant and playful’ DAILY MAIL ‘A writer with few real rivals’ IRISH TIMES 'A visionary writer' JAN CARSON The stunning new collection of stories from the award-winning author of The Liar’s Dictionary and Attrib. and Other Stories. Granta Best Young British novelist and acclaimed author of Attrib. and other stories, Eley Williams returns with a thrilling collection of short stories exploring the nature of relationships both intimate and transient – from the easy gamesmanship of contagious yawns to the horror of a smile fixed for just a second too long. A courtroom sketch artist delights in committing portraits of their lover to paper but their need to capture likenesses forever is revealed to have darker, more complex intentions. A child’s schoolyard crush on a saint marks a confrontation with the reality of a teenage body in flux. Elsewhere, an editor of canned laughter loses their confidence and seeks divine intervention, and an essayist annotates their thoughts on Keats by way of internet-gleaned sex tips. Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good hums with fossicking language and ingenious experiments in form and considers notions of playfulness, authenticity and care as it holds relationships to account: their sweet misunderstandings, soured reflections, queer wish fulfilments and shared, held breaths. ‘Undeniably a skilful book’ TELEGRAPH ‘Stories that work from the inside out… glancing, intriguing’ GUARDIAN 'Erudite and audacious' KIERAN GODDARD **‘Frequently brilliant and deeply pleasurable’ CAOILINN HUGHES ‘I don’t know anyone else who can write like this … What a joy!' BEN PESTER ‘A joy for the head and the heart' RUBY COWLING Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good by Eley Williams is a humorous and insightful exploration of friendship, a theme that resonates throughout the literary fiction genre. This top-tier collection is a testament to Williams unique storytelling ability and her knack for creating relatable characters. For fans of Jennifer Egan (A Visit From the Goon Squad), Kurt Vonnegut (The Sirens Of Titan), Bonnie Garmus (Lessons in Chemistry), Megan Mcdowell (Things We Lost in the Fire), and Elizabeth Strout (Lucy by the Sea). HarperCollins 2024

• Autore: Eley Williams
• Narratore: Kit Griffiths
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 05:06:03
• Anno edizione: 2024
• Editore: Fourth Estate
• EAN: 9780008618957

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