I Hear Youre Rich

The writer who saved my life or my soul. Merve Emre, The New Yorker A true living hero of the American avant-garde. Jonathan Franzen One of the very few contemporary prose writers who seem to be doing something independent, energetic, heartfelt. Lydia Davis A new collection of stories from the godmother of flash fiction (The Paris Review). In Williams stories, life is newly alive and dangerous; whether she is writing about an affair, a request for money, an afternoon in a garden, or the simple act of carrying a cake from one room to the next, she offers us beautiful and unsettling new ways of seeing everyday life. In perfectly honed sentences, with a sly and occasionally wild wit, Williams shows us how any moment of any day can open onto disappointment, pleasure, and possibility.