Lydia Davis
Can't and Won't
- ISBN 13:
- 9780241968086
- author:
- Lydia Davis
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions:
- 12.9 x 1.8 x 19.8 cm
- Genre:
- Fiction, Contemporary Fiction,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Lydia Davis's latest collection, Can't and Won't, is a masterful exploration of the human experience through the art of storytelling.
The stories in this new collection showcase Davis's unique wit, insight, and formal inventiveness, illuminating ordinary moments with humour, irony, and surprise. Through her remarkable precision and language, Davis reveals the joys and constraints of everyday life.
With a body of work that includes six short story collections, one novel, and numerous translations, Lydia Davis is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers on the international stage.
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