The thirty-four stories in this seminal collection powerfully display what have become Lydia Davis's trademarks--dexterity, brevity, understatement, and surprise. Although the certainty of her prose suggests a world of almost clinical reason and clarity, her characters show us that life, thought, an
Break It Down: Stories
β Scribed by Davis, Lydia
- Book ID
- 107902001
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 107 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780374531447
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
The thirty-four stories in this seminal collection powerfully display what have become Lydia Davis's trademarks--dexterity, brevity, understatement, and surprise. Although the certainty of her prose suggests a world of almost clinical reason and clarity, her characters show us that life, thought, and language are full of disorder. Break It Down is Davis at her best. In the words of Jonathan Franzen, she is "a magician of self-consciousness."
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Zeke Cross A devious plan set forth by his father is about to change his future. As vice-president of Satanβs Scoundrels he owes his allegiance to its president, his father. A man on a mission he doesnβt believe in, honor bound to his father and his club. Sexy as sin, Zeke Cross is about to
***BREAK ME DOWN*** is the continuation of Abraham and Myra's storyΒ and the second novel in the Breaking Trilogy. *"I wasn't the woman I once was, sheltered from reality. Through it all, one thing remained the sameβI wanted Abraham."* A life outside the gates of Lancaster was never a choice I woul
After a dark night leaves her life changed forever, eighteen-year-old Shay is left to pick up the broken pieces of her life. Living the past year with a horrible secret, she closes herself off to the world and the people that she loves most. As much as she tries she canβt seem to move past that mome