No One You Know
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During a lonely and difficult year, author Jason Schwartzman began allowing regular, everyday interactions with strangers to escalate. In NO ONE YOU KNOW, Schwartzman compiles dozens of these encounters and deftly reveals the kinship he finds there, ultimately reconsidering what it means to know someone. From taxi dispatchers to aquarium attendants, drifters to neighbors, exes to siblings, Schwartzman captures the space between people, meticulously distilling the turning point when strangers become intimates. Heartbreaking, insightful, and often profoundly funny, NO ONE YOU KNOW revels in connections, examining how we make ourselves known. A rich and beautiful debut. From Outpost19 Books. "Sharply observational, atmospheric, with a clever surprise on every page" – Chloe Caldwell, author of I'll Tell You in Person "Sparkling with humor…a one-of-a-kind book that will stay with me for years to come" – Lucy Tan, author of What We Were Promised "Reminds us of the power and beauty of random encounters with strangers. Jason's honest, insightful and cathartic prose embraces you like a warm hug" – Noah Rosenberg "Reads like a collection of Polaroids…told through Schwartzman's curious, caring, attentive eye" – Aaron Burch "With the moral zip of Isaac Bashevis Singer and the sharp compassion of Lydia Davis" – Amanda Goldblatt
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Jason Schwartzman. No One You Know
Advance praise for NO ONE YOU KNOW
I - THE SHAPE OF A STORY
II - WHAT'S YOUR NAME, BY THE WAY?
DISTANCE
THE PLACE WHERE SHE CAN BE HERSELF
QUICK AND DIRTY
HOW ARE YOU?
DETAILS
THE HISTORY CHANNEL
IF GOD WAS A WOMAN
SCREEN SAVER
A SCREW LOOSE
THE SWEETEST SPOT
FIVE-MINUTE FRIENDSHIPS
SHE USED TO BE SOMEONE ELSE TOO
ALL FIFTY STATES
THE SHEET
A LOVE THAT BUILDS SLOWLY
III - ODD LITTLE ROOMS
IV - IS THAT YOU?
STREETBALL
THE CORPORATE LADDER
MR. REJECTION
DADDY
THE THREE NEWSPAPERS
A SINGLE WORD
THE RIGHT COMBINATION
THE THINGS THAT FALL BETWEEN
THE VOLUME WAS LOW
THE PERSON WHO WILL. CHANGE YOUR LIFE
CROWDS
WHICH WORLD WE'RE IN
V - THE MAN WHO HAS EVERYTHING
VI - NO MORE POSTCARDS
BY CHANCE
THE MESSENGER
THE LOFT
PHANTOM FRIENDSHIPS
HOW YOU'LL KNOW
THE GREEN THAT'S LEFT
SOME THINGS YOU CAN'T HOLD
THE BEEP
QUOTE OF THE DAY
THE BOX
ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS
VII - THE MAN ON THE STREET
VIII - THAT THING YOU SAID
A MATTER OF METERS, MILES, ROADS
THE DAGGER
THREE HUSBANDS
JULIENNE
THE KING OF THIRD PLACE
MAGICAL DAVE
TIME FOR A HAIRCUT
WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER TRIP. WITH SOMEONE YOU BARELY KNOW
OUR CHAMPAGNE
IX - THE RULES OF GETTING TO KNOW SOMEONE
X - NO ONE YOU KNOW
THAT NIGHT WHEN SOMEONE OBSERVED SOMETHING ABOUT YOU
CATCHING UP
PRISONER OF WAR
IN OUR WORDS
REUNIONS
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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the stories in
no one you know
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He had such an elegant shot, I want to know what he sounds like, how he speaks, to see how far the fluency goes. The shooter turns and recognizes me, but doesn’t know what to say. For the first time, the ball rattles around the rim.
“You live around here?” I ask.
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