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Collected Stories Of Lydia Davis (2011)

by Lydia Davis(Favorite Author)

4.26 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0241950031 (ISBN13: 9780241950036)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Hamish Hamilton

review 1: Lydia Davis is a short story writer. She was awarded the Man Booker International prize in 2013. She from her writing seems to be a middle aged woman recently divorced with identity issues. Her writing is easy going but story after story on similar themes of loneliness are tedious. I left this book a quarter way in and I will congratulate anyone who can read Lydia Davis at one go. These stories can be consumed only in short bursts according to me.
review 2: 2014 is the year I discovered Lydia Davis and had my life summarily changed by her. In my reading life, the mark of a very special book is one that forces me to slow down and savor every line. I'm usually speeding through books at a voracious (if often uncomprehending) pace, but not so with this collecti... moreon, which includes all of the stories from "Break It Down" (1986) to her penultimate collection, "Varieties of Disturbance" (2007). As I've mentioned before, something about Lydia Davis sticks with me, long after I've read the last little story, and echoes in my mind throughout my day. She isn't easily forgotten, and I love her for that. Highly, highly recommended. less

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