Our Strangers SIGNED, Lydia Davis

Our Strangers SIGNED, Lydia DavisNew SIGNED hardback 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 noticing, strangers can become like family

Illustrated by the author

from the Great Game to today's geopolitics

The Falklands Campaign is also covered

In a city that never was

our countryside is full of edible delights in any season

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

Dive into 60 of the world's most joyous wild swimming spots and discover a further 120 ideas for uplifting bathing experiences

this is the only official biography of one of our finest authors

Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown

The story of the efforts to bring the war to a conclusion

right up to the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine

depending on the kindness of villagers