{"product_id":"attrib-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Attrib. and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEley Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Liar's Dictionary, \u003c\/i\u003e a prizewinning collection of wryly funny and blazingly original short fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Williams delights not simply in wordplay but also in people who are alive to the poignant and humorous potential of language.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It's just the real inexplicable gorgeous brilliant thing this book. I love it in a way I usually reserve for people.\" --Max Porter \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEley Williams has been a literary sensation ever since this collection of experimental short fiction was published in the UK. Lauded as \"elegant\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"exhilarating\" (\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eAttrib. and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e won the James Tait Black Prize, was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, and was named a best book of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAttrib.\u003c\/i\u003e presents a cast of unforgettable characters standing at the precipice of emotional events (a disastrous breakup, a successful date, an unexpected arrival) and finding it fiendishly impossible to express themselves. With intimate, irreverent, and playful prose, Eley Williams rejoices in both the possibilities and limitations of language, as well as the very human need to be known and understood--despite our own best efforts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginal and inventive in the vein of Lydia Davis, Deborah Eisenberg, and Amy Hempel, these stories are \"emotionally delicate and tenderly introspective\" (\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"an absolute must-read\" (\u003ci\u003eThe London Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eELEY WILLIAMS is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Liar's Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story, Liberating the Canon, The Times Literary Supplement, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.1 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 18, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42161866309767,"sku":"9780593312353","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/eff0e5e9bd6ae021b12edeffa5f7a446.webp?v=1733284616","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/attrib-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}