The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
$21.75
- Paperback
768 pages
- Release Date
23 April 2014
Summary
The definitive collection of stories by one of the most important and exciting fiction writers of our time.
“Remarkable. Some of the most moving fiction—on death, marriage, children—of recent years. To read The Collected Stories is to be reminded of the grand, echoing mind-chambers created by Sebald or recent Coetzee. A writer of vast intelligence and originality.” — Independent on Sunday
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241969137 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241969131 |
| Author: | Lydia Davis |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 768 |
| Release Date: | 23 April 2014 |
| Weight: | 520g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 31mm |
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Rich, deeply involving, extraordinary, remarkable
Rich, deeply involving, extraordinary, remarkable * The Times *
I loved these stories. They are so well-written, with such clarity of thought and precision of language. Excellent * Evening Standard *
Brilliant, exciting, thrilling, extremely funny * Daily Telegraph *
About The Author
Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis is the author of Collected Stories, one novel and six short story collections, the most recent of which was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award. She is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and was named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government for her fiction and her translations of modern writers, including Gustave Flaubert and Marcel Proust. She won the Man Booker International Prize in 2013.
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