Lydia Davis
The Life of Henry Brulard is the autobiography of one of France's greatest writers, Stendhal, author of The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma. Here, writing at white heat and with such ferocious honesty and indignation that his book ... [... more]
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Swann's Way
 The pleasure of reading Proust (Volume I).: Having just finished reading SWANN'S WAY for the fourth time, it remains at the top of my short list of favorite novels. Influenced by John Ruskin, Henri Bergson, Wagner and the fiction of Anatole France, [... more]
CDN$9.95
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In Search of Lost Time, Volume 1: Swann's Way
The pleasure of reading Proust (Volume I).: Having just finished reading SWANN'S WAY for the fourth time, it remains at the top of my short list of favorite novels. Influenced by John Ruskin, Henri Bergson, Wagner and the fiction of Anatole France, [... more]
CDN$28.00
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In Search of Lost Time Volume I Swann's Way
The pleasure of reading Proust (Volume I).: Having just finished reading SWANN'S WAY for the fourth time, it remains at the top of my short list of favorite novels. Influenced by John Ruskin, Henri Bergson, Wagner and the fiction of Anatole France, [... more]
CDN$16.50
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Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby?
Amazon.ca: The relationship between a parent and child, at once elemental and complex, is well-charted fictional territory. This fact makes Elyse Gasco's critically acclaimed first collection of stories, Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby?, all the more [... more]
CDN$14.01
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Swann's Way
The pleasure of reading Proust (Volume I).: Having just finished reading SWANN'S WAY for the fourth time, it remains at the top of my short list of favorite novels. Influenced by John Ruskin, Henri Bergson, Wagner and the fiction of Anatole France, [... more]
CDN$23.94
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Almost No Memory: Stories
critics may praise, but....: I have heard such good things about Lydia's short stories that I almost feel the need to apologize for writing this, as it seems that I am the dissenting voice. Plain and simply, I could not get into this book. After each [... more]
CDN$17.00
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Samuel Johnson Is Indignant
thought provoking, boiled-down, heart-of-the-matter stories: I love this book and also felt the need to counter the 2 star reviewer who quoted a one line story from the book without including the story title or the italics. Both are essential to taking [... more]
CDN$18.50
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Varieties of Disturbance: Stories
Varieties of the Expected: Davis' strength rests on her ability to craft moments into strange self-referential humor and to present pith insights as pseudo-stories (what is a story anyway?) She continues her work in Varieties of Disturbance, from sort of [... more]
CDN$14.50
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Samuel Johnson is Indignant: Stories
thought provoking, boiled-down, heart-of-the-matter stories: I love this book and also felt the need to counter the 2 star reviewer who quoted a one line story from the book without including the story title or the italics. Both are essential to taking [... more]
CDN$15.50
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Break It Down
Uneven- yet often brilliant: "Break it Down" is a varied collection of pieces- some as short as a paragraph, some of short stroy length, but none of them are at all like anything else you've ever read. Some pieces seem to be simple narrative of [... more]
CDN$18.02
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The End of the Story: A Novel
Vague.: This book came highly recommended by a friend, but I thought it was self-absorbed, minimalist drivel. I found myself skimming through it, a thing I seldom do. Be advised that if you don't like her writing, you'll hate it. Lydia Davis, Where [... more]
CDN$17.00
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