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FINE, FINE, FINE, FINE, FINE
A bold new collection by a hero of the American Avant-Garde.
The very short stories of Diane Williams have been aptly called “folk tales that hammer like a nail gun,” and these 39 new ones are sharper than ever. They are unsettling, yes, frequently revelatory, and more often than not downright funny—even though within these covers a mother dies, an illicit love affair is revealed, a ghost pays a visit, and police are called to the scene.
Not a single moment here is what you might expect. While there is immense pleasure to be found in Williams’s spot-on observations about how we behave in our highest and lowest moments, the heart of the drama beats in the language of short fiction’s grand master, whose originality, precision, and power bring the familiar into startling and enchanting relief.
Diane Williams is the author of eight books, including a collection of her selected stories. She is also the founder and editor of the literary annual NOON, the archive of which, as well as Williams’s personal literary archive, was acquired in 2014 by the Lilly Library. She lives in New York City.
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Published 2016-01-26 by McSweeney's |