Break It Down by Lydia Davis

Break It Down

Lydia Davis

177 pages first pub 1976 (editions)

fiction literary short stories challenging reflective medium-paced

Description

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 c...

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Loveable characters?

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