{"product_id":"ways-of-telling-paperback","title":"Ways of Telling - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eXandra Bingley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWays of Telling\u003c\/i\u003e isn't like any other book. Is it social reportage, the eye at the keyhole, the ear at the door? It is its own thing.\"--Margaret Atwood\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fractured, haunting, intimate and totally original, \u003ci\u003eWays of Telling \u003c\/i\u003eknocked the breath out of me. It's dangerously exact, wilfully ambitious, wild in its scope and perfect in its precision.\" --Olivia Laing\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of the UK bestseller \u003ci\u003eBertie, May \u0026amp; Mrs Fish \u003c\/i\u003ecomes an extraordinary new collection of unforgettable stories. As a bystander at Princess Diana's funeral, a fan at a James Brown concert, a passenger on a Welsh bus and a patient in a hectic hospital, Xandra Bingley's vivid portraits of everyday experience remind us of the fleeting and mysterious transience of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A sharp, wise and knowing eye, combined with a rare delicacy of prose -- this is unlike anything else you will have read. An absolute treat.\" -- Andrew Marr\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXandra Bingley\u003c\/b\u003e's first job, at the age of eighteen, was as a 'trainee spy' for MI5. On moving to the US, she worked at the Buffalo University Poetry Library, annotating Dylan Thomas and Pamela Hansford-Johnson's love letters; at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly Review\u003c\/i\u003e in Boston as a reader, and at the Kennedy Institute of Politics at Harvard as assistant to the Director. After a brief spell in Ireland she returned to London and moved into the house in Primrose Hill where she lives today. In London she worked at \u003ci\u003eThe New Review \u003c\/i\u003eliterary magazine before becoming a publisher's reader and then commissioning editor at Jonathan Cape. She then started her own literary agency, which she ran for 15 years, representing Ali Smith, Esther Freud, Geoff Dyer and Alasdair Gray amongst many others. Xandra's wartime childhood memoir \u003ci\u003eBertie, May and Mrs Fish\u003c\/i\u003e was published in the UK to great acclaim in 2005.Xandra's long involvement with writers and publishing have led to many friendships, including with Robert Lowell, John Ashbery and Caroline Blackwood, as well as Margaret Atwood, with whom she has been friends for more than 30 years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, critical essays, and comics. Her work has been published in more than forty-five countries. \u003ci\u003eDearly, \u003c\/i\u003e her first collection of poetry in over a decade, was published in November 2020. Her latest novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Testaments, \u003c\/i\u003e was a co-winner of the 2019 Booker Prize. Her other works of fiction include \u003ci\u003eCat's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, finalist for the 1989 Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eAlias Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Assassin, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; T\u003ci\u003ehe MaddAddam Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eHag-Seed\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the Franz Kafka International Literary Prize, the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Los Angeles Times Innovator's Award. Her most recent book is \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Toronto.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53343144214835,"sku":"9781912559893","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/7W9_Q5y9Ml9781912559893.webp?v=1778705881","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/ways-of-telling-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}