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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Biography - Davis, Lydia (1947-): An article from: ...
 Author: Gale Reference Team Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 11 Publication Date: 2004-01-01 Release Date: 2007-12-16 [... more]
$9.95
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The End of the Story (High Risk Books)
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]
$12.99
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Break It Down (High Risk Books)
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]
$14.00
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Samuel Johnson Is Indignant: Stories
Almost criminally awful.: Lydia Davis, Samuel Johnson Is Indignant (McSweeney's, 2005) I once again find myself wondering what it is about the Cult of McSweeney's that makes anyone think that anyone at this press has even the barest modicum of taste-- or [... more]
$14.00
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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]
$15.00
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A Convergence of Birds: Original Fiction and Poetry ...
Whoa: ... I was so psyched when I first saw the book, but then I noticed that many of the contributors to it--famous though they may be--pretty much just handed in whatever they had in the bottom of their drawers for this collection. I don't know that [... more]
$27.50
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Samuel Johnson Is Indignant
Almost criminally awful.: Lydia Davis, Samuel Johnson Is Indignant (McSweeney's, 2005) I once again find myself wondering what it is about the Cult of McSweeney's that makes anyone think that anyone at this press has even the barest modicum of taste-- or [... more]
$17.00
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Lydia Davis. Varieties of Disturbance.(Book review): An ...
Author: Joseph Dewey Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 2 Publication Date: 2007-09-22 Release Date: 2008-10-21 [... more]
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Varieties of Disturbance: Stories
Methodically written sentences and stories: observations (sometimes random) on life: Consider the 57 items included in Varieties of Disturbance: approximately one-third (18) are four of fewer sentences in length (eleven consist of single sentences). [... more]
$13.00
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Break It Down: Stories
interior of the mind: Break it down by Lydia Davis is a great book of short stories. I appreciate her bare bones approach to each story. She has little staging and dialogue. The way she introduces many of her characters is through interior thoughts using [... more]
$13.00
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Food and Booze: A Tin House Literary Feast
Author: Edited By Michelle Wildgen Author: Francine Prose Author: Steve Almond Author: Grace Paley Author: Lydia Davis Author: Stuart Dybek Author: Anthony Swofford Author: Elissa Schappell Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 641 EAN: 9780977312771 [... more]
$16.95
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