{"product_id":"something-wonderful-isbn-9781951142728","title":"Something Wonderful","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Most Anticipated Book of August at The Millions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Winner of the BBC National Short Story Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jo Lloyd has drawn out all the intensity and latent power of short fiction. . . . A major talent.”―Hilary Mantel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Her sentences could rouse the dead (and do, in this excellent book).”―Karen Russel\u003c\/b\u003el\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSomething Wonderful\u003c\/i\u003e, prize-winning author Jo Lloyd has crafted nine stories that delight in language and shine with wit, wisdom, and deep humanity. Whether seeking knowledge, riches, or a better life, the characters in this debut collection are united by a quest for lasting value, as they ask how we should treat our world, our work, our selves, and each other in both past and present. A vainglorious mine owner dreams of harnessing all of nature to the machinery of commerce. Two women hunt rare butterflies in a pre-First World War landscape already experiencing the first bites of biodiversity loss. A young man tracks down the father who abandoned him inside a festival exhibit. A rural Welsh community is fascinated and angered by glimpses of its invisible, wealthy neighbors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClear-sighted and lyrical, compassionate, and full of truth, \u003ci\u003eSomething Wonderful\u003c\/i\u003e from Jo Lloyd, winner of the BBC National Short Story Award, announces a remarkable new voice with a sensibility all her own.\"[Characters] delivered in scenes so intimate and thoughtful they’re almost cinematic.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Entrancing. . . . rich and stylistically diverse. . . . Lloyd’s most valuable gift [is]an ability to travel seamlessly wherever she wishes, her agile eye confidently guiding her characters—and her readers—as they chase the almost tangible hope that something wonderful lies ahead.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jo Lloyd has drawn out all the intensity and latent power of short fiction. All her effects are earned, and she writes with the assurance of an original mind. Line by line, her judgment is impeccable, and the whole has a substance and finesse that marks a major talent.\"—\u003cb\u003eHilary Mantel, author of the \u003ci\u003eWolf Hall\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Each story displays an incredible breadth, variety, and singularity that has made her one of the most exciting names in short fiction in recent memory.\"—\u003cb\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Impressive. . . . \u003ci\u003eSomething Wonderful\u003c\/i\u003e ripples with intelligence and heart.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Compelling. . . . Lloyd’s crisp prose rings clear throughout.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA\"n extraordinary collection from a writer of rare calibre and sensibility.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A brilliant debut collection from one of the finest short story writers writing today.\"—\u003cb\u003eLargehearted Boy, Favorite Story Collections of 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Something Wonderful\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonder, and establishes Jo Lloyd as one of the best short story writers around. Each story here is a richly imagined universe, full of lush detail, human wisdom, and both humor and devastation. She bends space and time, leaping through generations in a few pages, or making a single interaction echo through a lifetime. This is an entertaining, masterful collection from a writer with awe-inspiring range.\" —\u003cb\u003eCaitlin Horrocks, author of \u003ci\u003eLife Among the Terranauts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A language unsettling and of terrible beauty. These stories are startling and wise, all-knowing and versed in the infinite variation of human folly.\"—\u003cb\u003eMatthew Neill Null, author of \u003ci\u003eAllegheny Front\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lloyd's impeccable scene-setting often leans toward the gothic and fairytale-esque, in order to bring a sense of wonder to each piece.\"—\u003cb\u003eShelf Awareness, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The author shows a knack for stretching each germ of a story into a miniature epic. Lloyd’s singular talent is on full display.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The short stories collected in Jo Lloyd’s \u003ci\u003eSomething Wonderful\u003c\/i\u003e are luminous, startling, and diverse. . . . [they] capture telling details in a unique, powerful voice.\" —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJo Lloyd\u003c\/b\u003e won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2019 and an O. Henry Prize in 2018. Her stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eZoetrope: All-Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. \u003ci\u003eSomething Wonderful\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut collection. 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