A Granta Best Young British Novelist 'A thrilling love for the stuff of language … Magical' JON McGREGOR 'A visionary writer' JAN CARSON 'Erudite and audacious' KIERAN GODDARD
Eley Williams Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)
Eley Williams onderzoekt de grenzen van taal en het vermogen ervan om de complexiteit van de menselijke ervaring vast te leggen. Haar schrijven richt zich vaak op ongebruikelijke perspectieven en onverwachte verbanden, waarbij verborgen ironieën en resonanties in het dagelijks leven worden onthuld. Door speelse linguïstische behendigheid en scherpe observatie transformeert Williams vertrouwde situaties in iets vreemds en verontrustends, maar toch diep menselijks.
The Liar's Dictionary
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It is the final year of the 19th century and Peter Winceworth has reached the letter 'S', toiling away for the much-anticipated and multi-volume 'Swansby's New Encyclopaedic Dictionary'. He is overwhelmed at his desk and increasingly uneasy that his colleagues are attempting to corral language and regiment facts. Compelled to assert some sense of individual purpose and exercise artistic freedom, Winceworth begins inserting unauthorised, fictitious entries into the dictionary. In the present day, young intern Mallory is tasked with uncovering these mountweazels as the text of the dictionary is digitised for modern readers. Through the words and their definitions she finds she has access to their creator's motivations, hopes and desires. More pressingly, she must also field daily threatening anonymous phone calls.