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Dictionary stories : short fictions and other findings / Jez Burrows.

Dictionary stories : short fictions and other findings / Jez Burrows.
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ISBN 0062652613 (paperback)
9780062652614 (paperback)
Name Burrows, Jez author, illustrator.
Title Dictionary stories : short fictions and other findings / Jez Burrows.
Edition First edition.
Published New York : Harper Perennial, [2018]
©2018
Description xl, 208 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Summary "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."--Amazon.com.
Subjects Short stories, American
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Fiction
Vocabulary -- Fiction
Minimalism (Literature)
Genre Short stories
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