"In Williams' stories, life is newly alive and dangerous; whether she is writing about an affair, a request for money, an afternoon in a garden, or the simple act of carrying a cake from one room to the next, she offers us beautiful, and unsettling new ways of seeing everyday life. In perfectly honed sentences, with a sly and occasionally bombastic wit, Williams shows us how any moment of any day can open onto disappointment, pleasure, and possibility"--
Record details
ISBN:9781641294799
ISBN:1641294787
ISBN:9781641294782
Physical Description:111 pages ; 23 cm. regular print
Publisher:New York, NY : Soho, Soho Press, Inc., [2023]
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
Oriel? -- The tune -- Start here -- A slew of attractions -- Keepsake -- To what beautiful end? -- Zwhip-zwhip -- "Gladly!" -- We had a lot of fun dancing -- Seated woman -- For example, the son -- L:ive a little -- Tale of passion -- Fredella -- I hear you're rich -- Take your dress off -- Catalpa -- The assignment of fate -- Fling -- Tassel rue -- Chuck -- One woman and five men -- Each person to her paradise -- Mother of nature -- Can this be I? -- Everything is wonder -- Riviera -- Picturesque in the extreme -- Phoebe Moffat--the early years -- The realist -- tom's fine -- I fixed my hair -- Nancy's victory.
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