The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia Davis - ISBN: 9780241969137
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Unique, intelligent stories: death, marriage, children, and so much more.

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

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  • Paperback

    768 pages

  • Release Date

    23 April 2014

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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
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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Critics Review

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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