Strange Water
by Sarah Moses
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Pub Date Sep 01 2024 | Archive Date Dec 02 2024
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Description
This debut collection by acclaimed translator Sarah Moses is rooted as much in sound and language as it is in story. The 75 tiny fictions that populate Strange Water are evocative soundscapes, seascapes, skyscapes, landscapes, often magical and mysterious, sometimes unsettling. Each story is rooted in a single sentence—a dream sentence, a mistake sentence, a sentence uttered when the speaker thought no one was listening—whose tendrils reach into unexpected places. Moses’s attention to the individual word and to sound is echoed in her attention to the physical presence of the line on the page. These compressed-to-bursting-point narratives—preoccupied with bad-mannered neighbours, misunderstandings, coincidences and serendipities, dream states, and subtropical climes—take place in constant movement: between languages, between homes, between continents.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781771839136 |
| PRICE | $17.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 100 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
Daria G, Reviewer
I am so happy I found this little gem and had a chance to read and review it early. From Sarah Moses, acclaimed translator of Tender is the Flesh, comes a lovely and strange little book of micro stories. And let me tell you, what an amazing little book it is! I was really drawn to it by the description as I love unconventional and experimental forms of prose. Reading this book was a truly joyous experience and I had a smile on my face throughout big parts of it. To me it sat somewhere between poetry and short story as the experience of reading those micro stories often reminded me of the feelings I get while reading poetry. There is so much play with themes, sentences, unexpected shifts in storytelling and just amazing wordplay. A lot of it focused on landscapes and cityscapes, a touch of nature and a sprinkle of surrealism, a lot of weirdness but in a fun way. Some themes jump around the book popping up in different parts like a little surprise. The stories conveyed so many emotions, it’s simply impossible to list them all but the range is absolutely impressive. I loved how a word from one story could be picked up in the next and a new story would be formed around it, sometimes forming a sort of chain. It’s a book best enjoyed in little doses across a bit more extended time as there is quite a lot context switching but it will be a strange and fun experience every time.
Thank you to Guernica Editions and NetGalley for the eARC!
Sophie M, Bookseller
"Strange Water" by Sarah Moses is an experimental tapestry woven together by short pieces of surreal fiction.
These bite size pieces of fiction allow the reader to float off into a snapshot of another world.
A perfect book to pack if you want a quick reward!
Thank you author Sarah Moses, Guernica Editions, and NetGalley for bringing us this title!
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