How High? That High, Diane Williams
How High? That High, Diane Williams
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How High? - That High
Stories

Author: Diane Williams

Narrator: Xe Sands

Unabridged: 1 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/21/2021

Synopsis

Diane Williams, an American master of the short story who will "rewire your brain" (NPR), is back with a collection in which she once again expands the possibilities of fiction.

These stories depict ordinary moments—a visit to the doctor's office or a married couple's hundredth dance together—but within the quotidian, Williams delivers a lifetime of insecurities, lusts, rejections, and revelations, making her work equally discomfiting and amusing. With unmatched wit in every sentence, Williams captures whole universes in a story, delivering visionary insights into what it means to be human.

Williams's devotees will be newly enthralled by her elegantly strange, bewitching stories in How High?—That High. Those who have yet to meet "the godmother of flash fiction" (The Paris Review) will find an extraordinary introduction in this book.

About Diane Williams

Diane Williams is the founder and editor of the distinguished literary annual NOON, the archive of which, as well as Williams's personal literary archive, was acquired in 2014 by the Lilly Library. She is the author of ten previous volumes of short fiction. She lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Roxane

A bit too inscrutable for me.......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca

These flash fiction shorts are simultaneously engaging and disquieting. They are the briefest of glimpses into situations that are somehow familiar and uncomfortable. While I am not sure that I “enjoyed” this, I kept turning the pages and am glad that I did.......more

Goodreads review by Christopher

How High?—That High is a thoroughly beguiling collection. Not since Greg Mulcahy’s Out Of Work: Stories have I been so simultaneously baffled by and in love with a story collection. I know Diane Williams’ stories aren’t for everybody (what is, really?), but they are certainly for me. These strange,......more

Goodreads review by Jim

After Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine and The Collected Stories of Diane Williams, it was time to stop. But who can resist another box of candy even when you know you’ve had enough? Even the box is irresistible. These stories – well, they’re not quite stories, they’re flash fictions as in hot flash – al......more

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