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 Ordre des livres (chronologique)
Eley Williams explore les limites du langage et sa capacité à capturer les complexités de l'expérience humaine. Son écriture se concentre souvent sur des perspectives inhabituelles et des connexions inattendues, révélant des ironies cachées et des résonances dans la vie quotidienne. Grâce à une dextérité linguistique ludique et à une observation pointue, Williams transforme des situations familières en quelque chose d'étrange et d'inquiétant, mais profondément humain.
The Liar's Dictionary
- 254pages
- 9 heures de lecture
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.