Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings Paperback - 2018
by Jez Burrows
From the rear cover
Jez Burrows opened the New Oxford American Dictionary and sat, mystified. Instead of the definition of "study" he was looking for, he found himself drawn to the strangely conspicuous, curiously melodramatic sentence that followed it: "He perched on the edge of the bed, a study in confusion and misery." It read like a tiny piece of fiction on the lam and hiding out in the dictionary--and it wasn't alone. Was it possible to reunite these fugitive fictions? To combine and remix example sentences to form new works? With this spark and a handful of stories shared online, Dictionary Stories was born.
This genre-bending and wildly inventive collection glows with humor, emotion, and intellect. Effortlessly transcending sentence level, Burrows lights between the profound and the absurd, transporting readers into moments, worlds, and experiences of remarkable variety. Featuring original illustrations by the author, Dictionary Stories is a giddy celebration of the beauty and flexibility of language.
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- Title Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings
- Author Jez Burrows
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Date 2018-04
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780062652614 / 0062652613
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 7.4 x 4.6 x 0.9 in (18.80 x 11.68 x 2.29 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Short stories, Vocabulary
- Dewey Decimal Code 813.6
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- Kirkus Reviews, 02/01/2018, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 02/26/2018, Page 0
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