Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good

Resumen del libro

Granta Best Young British novelist and acclaimed author of Attrib. and other stories, Eley Williams returns with a thrilling collection of short stories exploring the nature of relationships both intimate and transient from the easy gamesmanship of contagious yawns to the horror of a smile fixed for just a second too long. A courtroom sketch artist delights in committing portraits of their lover to paper but their need to capture likenesses forever is revealed to have darker, more complex intentions. A child's schoolyard crush on a saint marks a confrontation with the reality of a teenage body in flux.

Elsewhere, an editor of canned laughter loses their confidence and seeks divine intervention, and an essayist annotates their thoughts on Keats by way of internet-gleaned sex tips. Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good hums with fossicking language and ingenious experiments in form and considers notions of playfulness, authenticity and care as it holds relationships to account: their sweet misunderstandings, soured reflections, queer wish fulfilments and shared, held breaths.

Biografía del autor

es profesora de Escritura Creativa en Royal Holloway, Universidad de Londres. Su libro de relatos x{0026}lt;i Attrib. and Other Stories,x{0026}lt;/i publicado en 2017, ganó los premios James Tait Black y Republic of Consciousness. x{0026}lt;i El diccionario del mentirosox{0026}lt;/i es su primera novela.