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The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

By Lydia Davis

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Lydia Davis is one of our most original and influential writers. She has been
called “an American virtuoso of the short story form” (Salon) and “one of the
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The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

Lydia Davis is a highly unusual writer, not just for the often one-sentence short stories that she produces, or the lack of direct speech, but also for the fact that from 1987, when this collection begins, to the most recent stories 20 years later, t ... (read full critics)

independent published on Sun, 14 Aug 2011

'The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis': The Minimal Maximalist

It might be tempting to call the short story writer Lydia Davis a minimalist as her stories, in length, are about as short as you will see. But her style is not minimalist; it’s diverse and always shifting, sometimes favoring short and simple sentenc ... (read full critics)

popmatters published on Fri, 4 Feb 2011

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I have only read four pages so far. My problem is that when the story in that 4 pages is over, I just want to start it over again... man, if this is what she is all along... I just love her!

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