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Reality and Other Stories
Reader Score
66%
66% of readers
recommend this book
Critic Reviews
Good
Based on 11 reviews on
In 2017, inspired in part by Henry James' The Turn of the Screw, the acclaimed English novelist John Lanchester published a ghost story in The New Yorker. Signal, an eerie story of contemporary life and the perils of technology, was a sensation among readers--and since then Lanchester has written several more.
Reality and Other Stories gathers the best of these, taking readers to an uncanny world familiar to fans of The Twilight Zone or Black Mirror. Household gizmos with a mind of their own. Mysterious cell-phone calls from unknown numbers. Reality TV shows and the creeping suspicion that none of this is real...
Reality and Other Stories is a book of disquiet that captures the severe disconnection and distraction of our time.
Book Details
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: Mar 9th, 2021
- Pages: 192
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.40in - 5.60in - 0.90in - 0.70lb
- EAN: 9780393540918
- Categories: • Short Stories (single author)• Ghost• Literary
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VP & Senior Editor at W.W. Norton, co-editor of STATE BY STATE and THE THINKING FAN'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD CUP, attacking midfielder, card-carrying Midwesterner
Hoorah and hot damn, I'm thrilled to see Saïd @sayrafiezadeh (AMERICAN ESTRANGEMENT) and John Lanchester (REALITY AND OTHER STORIES) among @KirkusReviews 100 best works of fiction this estranging, unreal year. https://t.co/0J7idDqmkb
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‘Reality and Other Stories’ by John Lanchester is comprised of eerie stories of contemporary life and the perils of technology that plunk the reader down into uncanny worlds familiar to fans of 'The Twilight Zone' or 'Black Mirror'. #BookOfTheDay: https://t.co/sNJ6Yq2u5q https://t.co/xzlc4uUaUg
Many words. Westerman & Crowther, Paris Winter, The Russian Doll as Marina Palmer. Liberation w Darby Kealey, The House w @tom_watson. Chair HWA. Ghost.
@pipkazan @19syllables John Lanchester - Reality and Other Stories is EXACTLY this. Brilliant stuff.
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What people are saying
VP & Senior Editor at W.W. Norton, co-editor of STATE BY STATE and THE THINKING FAN'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD CUP, attacking midfielder, card-carrying Midwesterner
Hoorah and hot damn, I'm thrilled to see Saïd @sayrafiezadeh (AMERICAN ESTRANGEMENT) and John Lanchester (REALITY AND OTHER STORIES) among @KirkusReviews 100 best works of fiction this estranging, unreal year. https://t.co/0J7idDqmkb
Inspire lifelong learning, advance knowledge, strengthen communities. Got a question? Tweet @AskNYPL, call 917-ASK-NYPL, or send a message to https://t.co/phznzHexmM
‘Reality and Other Stories’ by John Lanchester is comprised of eerie stories of contemporary life and the perils of technology that plunk the reader down into uncanny worlds familiar to fans of 'The Twilight Zone' or 'Black Mirror'. #BookOfTheDay: https://t.co/sNJ6Yq2u5q https://t.co/xzlc4uUaUg