Win Not Anyones Anything Composed By Ian Williams Released As Hardcover

Williamss Not Anyones Anything is a trio of trios: three sets of three stories, with three of those stories further divided into thirds.
Mathematical, musical, and meticulously crafted, these stories play profoundly with form, featuring flash cards and musical notations embedded in texts, literal basements, and dual narratives, semidetached.
Roaming through Toronto and its surrounding suburbia, Williamss characters wittily and wryly draw attention to the angst and anxieties associated with being somewhere between adolescence and morethanthat.
They are disastrously ambitious, cutting the flaps of skin between their fingers to play Chopin they are restless and bored, breaking into units of new subdivisions hoping for a score they continually test the ones they love, and, though every time feels like the last time, they might be up for one more game.
a collection of short stories which felt varied in terms of character, style of writing and setting, although that was not enough to make me love it, I really enjoyed this collection of stories, Over and over again, Williams's characters stepped off the page for me, enlivened by spoton dialogue and keenlyobserved physical gesture, This collection is inventive and lyrical, The stories, which are mainly set in Toronto, include several structural or conceptual 'gimmicks': pages split in half, musical scores, Korean flashcards etc.
What's impressive is that these unusual formatting tricks actually work they lift the stories to a higher poignancy, adding value for the reader without pretense.
Several stories from the collection have left afterimages which I suspect will linger for longer than usual due to Williams's unique pairing of form and content.
Interesting concept,stories of. Wellwritten with some surprising images and twists and turns, Loved it.
Intelligent writing, unique style, After reading 'Reproduction' I had to be back and read this one, Certainly not disappointed! I will read ANY fiction Ian Williams writes, He is creating quite a name for himself! I absolutely devoured this book each story is innovative and compelling, All of the characters are wellformed and the writing is absolutely impeccable, .

Before reading Not Anyone's Anything I was told it was experimental writing, I know a good book nerd has no biases but that word experimental made me let out a big, long sarcastic oooooohh.
Cringing lip and all. I picked it up thinking Its pretty light, it wont take me too long to get through it no matter how much it makes my eyes want to roll back in my head to save themselves and my brain.
However, I was pleasantly surprised! Not only were the characters incredibly well honed, interesting, and unique but the different demographics and stories included were engrossing.
I was actually sad when I read the last word on the last page and turned to the next and saw ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
I couldnt believe it was over, I wanted more.

I would recommend this to everyone, even those who arent usually fans of short stories, Theres enough going on narrative and characterwise that it doesnt feel like youre stopping and starting over with every story my least favourite part of reading a short story collection.
Plus this is the ideal book for math and music lovers everywhere, Overall a major hit and I would read anything other prose piece Williams has to offer,
I really like this, I love how Williams plays with formats, inserting interesting reading patterns or images into his work, As well, even though it was a series sof vignettes, I felt most characters were fleshed out, Ian Williams is the author of Personals, shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award Not Anyones Anything, winner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for the best first collection of short fiction in Canada and Y ou Know Who You Are, a finalist for the ReLit Prize for poetry.
He was named as one of ten Canadian writers to watch by

CBC, Williams completed his Ph. D. in English at the University of Toronto and works as an English professor, In, Williams was the Canadian Writer in Residence for the Calgary Distinguished Writers Program at the University of Calgary, He has also held residencies or fellowships at the Leighton Artists Colony at the Banff Centre, Vermont Studio Center, Cave Canem, Ki Ian Williams is the author of Personals, shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award Not Anyones Anything, winner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for the best first collection of short fiction in Canada and Y ou Know Who You Are, a finalist for the ReLit Prize for poetry.
He was named as one of ten Canadian writers to watch by CBC, Williams completed his Ph. D. in English at the University of Toronto and works as an English professor, In, Williams was the Canadian Writer in Residence for the Calgary Distinguished Writers Program at the University of Calgary, He has also held residencies or fellowships at the Leighton Artists Colony at the Banff Centre, Vermont Studio Center, Cave Canem, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, and Palazzo Rinaldi in Italy.
He was a scholar at the National Humanities Center Summer Institute for Literary Study, His writing has appeared in several North American journals and anthologies, He is currently working on his first novel, sitelink.