Our Strangers by Lydia Davis

Our Strangers by Lydia Davis'A trailblazer in the world of short form prose' New Yorker 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

Eragon realises he's stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself

and the Capitol has decided that someone must pay

Dead Papa Toothwort

she records in luminous prose the strangers and friends

there is one last rescue that Rintaro must attempt alone

a powerful account of how Evaristo got to the top of her game - it's moving

and never-before-told stories

This is the story of that fraught midnight deal

' says my best friend Lizzie Magee

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

delving into their personal histories with all their quirks and vulnerabilities

and what dogs smell on the street