Description
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis is the complete collection of short fiction by Lydia Davis.
Lydia Davis is the author of one novel and seven story collections. She is also known for her translations of modern writers including Maurice Blanchot, Michel Leiris and Marcel Proust.
Endorsements
Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2013.
"What stories. Precise and piercing, extremely funny. Nearly all are unlike anything you've ever read." — Metro
"I loved these stories. They are so well-written, with such clarity of thought and precision of language. Excellent." — William Leith, Evening Standard
"Remarkable. Some of the most moving fiction — on death, marriage, children — of recent years. To read 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
"A body of work probably unique in American writing, in its combination of lucidity, aphoristic brevity, formal originality, sly comedy, metaphysical bleakness, philosophical pressure and human wisdom." — New Yorker
"One of the most respected writers in America." — Financial Times
"Davis is a high priestess of the startling, telling detail. She can make the most ordinary things, such as couples talking, or someone watching television, bizarre, almost mythical. I felt I had encountered a most original and daring mind." — Colm Toibin, Daily Telegraph
Recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. Named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. Finalist for the 2007 National Book Award.