Break It Down
Download or Read eBook Break It Down PDF written by Lydia Davis and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2008-09-16 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Lydia Davis |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 197 |
Release | : 2008-09-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781429957984 |
ISBN-13 | : 1429957980 |
Rating | : 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Break It Down by : Lydia Davis
Book excerpt: 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 clarity, her characters show us that life, thought, and language are full of disorder. Break It Down is Davis at her best. In the words of Jonathan Franzen, she is "a magician of self-consciousness."