The collected stories of Lydia Davis.

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Published Nov. 7, 2009 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

ISBN:
978-0-374-27060-5
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OCLC Number:
317928757

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4 stars (1 review)

Lydia Davis is one of our most original and influential writers, a storyteller celebrated for her emotional acuity, her formal inventiveness, and her ability to capture the mind in overdrive. She has been called "an American virtuoso of the short story form" (Salon.com) and "one of the quiet giants ... of American fiction" (Los Angeles Times Book Review). This volume contains all her stories to date, from the acclaimed Break it Down (1986) to the 2007 National Book Award finalist Varieties of Disturbance. - Cover flap.

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4 stars

A very pleasant read. I enjoyed the fact the there are four books in this book, written in different decades. You see the writer growing older, and see the subjects change; much more relaxed over time. The eighties were hard, the ninetees were starting to get a little bit easier, and the zeroes seemed to be fine.
This book added 86 new entries to my literary clock database. Copying these sentences letter by letter really showed my how detailed her writing is.