A new volume from the virtuoso of concise form – 'Davis is a magician… Few authors can imbue the words on a page with so much meaning.' (Jonathan Franzen) The multi-award-winning American author Lydia Davis is a virtuoso at uncovering the seemingly casual, insignificant surprises of everyday life and transforming them into short literary masterpieces. Sharp, hilarious, fabulous, melancholic, ambiguous, profound—there's no register Davis can't master perfectly. In 'Our Strangers,' conversations are overheard and misunderstood. An urgent letter is mistaken for a rare white butterfly. Murmured remarks in a conversation between a man and a woman create the most delightful situational comedy à la Loriot. Strangers can become family members, and family members can become strangers. biography Lydia Davis, born in 1947, is best known for her short stories and was awarded the Man Booker International Prize in 2013. She is also renowned as a translator of French classics such as Marcel Proust and Gustave Flaubert, for which she was awarded the French Order of Chevalier des Arts et Lettres. Lydia Davis is a professor of creative writing at the University of Albany. New product