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The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis Paperback - 2010

by Davis, Lydia

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Davis has been called "an American virtuoso of the short story form" ("Salon"). Now, for the first time, Davis's short stories are collected in one volume, from the groundbreaking "Break It Down "(1986) to the 2007 National Book Award nominee, "Varieties of Disturbance."

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  • Title The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
  • Author Davis, Lydia
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 7TH
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 752
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Picador USA, New York
  • Date 2010-10-26
  • Features Deckle Edges, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR007547233
  • ISBN 9780312655396 / 0312655398
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.1 x 4.6 x 2 in (18.03 x 11.68 x 5.08 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Cultural Region: South
  • Library of Congress subjects Short stories, Short stories, American - 21st century
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • New York Times Book Review, 11/07/2010, Page 44

About the author

Lydia Davis is the author of The End of the Story: A Novel and several story collections. Her collection Varieties of Disturbance: Stories was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award. She is the recipient of a MacArthur fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Award of Merit Medal, and was named a Chevalier of the Order of the Arts and Letters by the French government for her fiction and her translations of modern writers, including Maurice Blanchot, Michel Leiris, and Marcel Proust. Lydia Davis is the winner of the 2013 Man Booker International Prize.