Promotional Information

The most acclaimed debut story collection of 2007 now in B format. Winner of the Frank O'Connor 2007 International Short Story Award

About the Author

Miranda July grew up in Berkeley, California, where she began her career performing her plays at the local punk club. She is now an internationally acclaimed filmmaker and performing artist. She wrote, directed, and starred in her first feature-length film, Me and You and Everyone We Know, which won a special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Camera d'Or at Cannes, among others. She currently resides in Los Angeles. Her well regarded website is www.noonebelongsheremorethanyou.com

Reviews

* There's beauty and tenderness here as well as great wit and, like the best stories, a delicious sense of the unexpected Metro * Intimate, original and more than a little strange, these are tales about people who are baffled and often overwhelmed by life. Daily Mail * Blisteringly good Guardian * July's short fiction is quirky and self-consciously postmodern in style ... The best of her stories adds a depth of emotional truth which can persuade you to believe in her most oddball worlds. -- Helen Chappell Tribune * Magically oddball ... rarely has such a thing been so entertaining Time Out * A stunning collection ... from a wonderfully quirky and highly original writer Venue * Surprising, amusing and touching... they'll fill you with a renewed sense of wonder at the world Venue * These stories are incredibly charming, beautifully written, frequently laugh-out-loud funny, and even, a dozen or so times, profound -- DAVE EGGERS * Astonishingly good ... mordantly funny Vogue * July's inventive tales swing from laugh-out-loud funny to heart-clenchingly sad Daily Telegraph * Miranda July's is a beautiful, odd, original voice - seductive, sometimes erotic, and a little creepy too -- DAVID BYRNE * Wonderful Elle * The stories have a frank, direct tone that makes their loopiness charming ... July delights in revealing the unseen awkwardness of the everyday, and this collection is both resonant and complex Financial Times * July's writing has a whimsical, dreamlike quality ... she has an understanding of human truths and an extraordinary honesty about our wish for acceptance Guardian * Charming and funny Daily Telegraph * Exquisite LA Times * July's stories startle us at every turn, sometimes by their sexual frankness, sometimes by passages of impossibly lush eloquence ... and very often by their inventiveness San Francisco Chronicle * Who will Miranda July's work appeal to? To borrow the name of her lovely first film, Me and You and Everyone We Know Entertainment Weekly * Moving ... this collection features characters laughing, crying and thinking. Read the stories and you'll do the same i-D * A considered and engaging new talent Spectator