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No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories
 

No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories

by Miranda July

Award-winning filmmaker and performing artist Miranda July brings her extraordinary talents to the page in a startling, sexy, and tender collection. In these stories, July gives the most seemingly insignificant moments a sly potency. A benign encounter, a misunderstanding, a shy revelation can reconfigure the world. Her characters engage awkwardly -- they are sometimes too remote, sometimes too... (read more)

Top tags: short stories,  fiction,  contemporary fiction,  female author,  women writers (all tags)

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Leslie T
  • Rated 5 stars

“I have a total girl-crush on Miranda July (which means that I want to be her, mostly). This book was sold in two colors: yellow and pink. I'm glad I got the yellow one. July constructs some really interesting characters in really interesting situations, many of them totally unbelievable in their awkwardness... But then something makes us see that we're like them. For some reason this bit is my favorite: "That is my problem with life, I rush through it, like I'm being chased. Even...”

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Bev
  • Rated 1 stars

“A book of short stories, 16 in all.

I'm not really a short story fan but bought this to read around other books.

For me it was disappointing. The characters were not fleshed out, the topics were sometimes a bit disconcerting but in what felt like a bid to shock for the sake of it and in the end it was just a little too offbeat for my taste.

Easy to read but then so is a cereal packet where there's more profundity to be had in my view - harsh I know - but I wouldn't...”

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Newest Comments

  • laura l

    laura l said:

    “I loved characters and stories: sweet, strong and passionate. Miranda July is a genius”

    posted Saturday, November 10 2007
  • Caroline T

    caroline t said:

    “I agree with johnson, below. I started this with the highest hopes, having just seen---and absolutely adored---the movie Me, You, and Everyone We Know, but although the stories are quirky, I'm just not loving them. I don't feel like I especially want to get to know these characters. I hope I haven't given up on the collection, but I don't find myself wanting to pick the book up again. ”

    posted Monday, November 5 2007
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