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Title: The End of the Story by Lydia Davis ISBN: 1-85242-420-6 Publisher: Serpent's Tail Pub. Date: April, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Vague.
Comment: 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.
Rating: 4
Summary: Lydia Davis, Where Language is Down
Comment: Something I've gotten really into; the idea that a novel doesn't need a story. Lydia Davis asks the reader to engage her in a dialogue with the language, usage, tone and cadence of her writing.
This doesn't come as a shock; Davis' work has always been careful not to involve her audience in the kind of gratification employed by some of her colleagues in the hih-brow writing world. Take "Samuel Johnson..." a very deconstructive collection, more like a poetic undertaking than a collection. Unfortunately, her own personal indulgences shine through in this, her most recent book, and it is more of a paranoid meandering than a globular entity.
And, fortunately, her conservative embrace of the literary world, often seen through a jaundiced (French translator's) eye, is much more of a likeable read. It will remain acessible, so long as those who chose to take it on will exhibit the same amount of patience that Davis has in writing this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Amazing work, my favorite book
Comment: From the moment I read the first lines I found myself saying, "aaaahhhh, yes..." Lydia Davis has created an incredibly precise yet simultaneously fluid and organic work that details not only great love but also the processes of passion. It is familiar and surprising, a rare treat.
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Title: Almost No Memory : Stories by Lydia Davis ISBN: 0312420552 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 08 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Samuel Johnson Is Indignant: Stories by Lydia Davis ISBN: 0312420560 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Break It Down by Lydia Davis ISBN: 1852424214 Publisher: Serpent's Tail Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: A Girl With a Monkey: New and Selected Stories by Leonard Michaels ISBN: 1562791206 Publisher: Mercury House Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Last Worthless Evening: Four Novellas & Two Stories by Andre Dubus ISBN: 1567920675 Publisher: David R Godine Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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