by Lydia Davis
Review:
American writer and humorist, Lydia Davis can be called a legend of the minimalist short story. Some of her stories are only one or two sentences long and so laugh out loud funny that you are caught rereading line after line. Her humor is quick and she is constantly twisting and playing around with words. This collection of short stories is really for the lover of flash fiction and poetry. I loved how quickly I was able to read this book and just how many stories really stuck in my head. When I finished the last story, I found myself skim through the book from the beginning and began rereading a ton of the really short shorts. If you are interested in other works by Davis, check out the links below. She is the author of four collections of short fiction, including Break It Down, Samuel Johnson Is Indignant and a novel, The End of the Story. Her fiction has appeared in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Poetry series. She is also a translator of classic literature and her own work has been translated into six languages.sites to check out
audio: http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Davis.html
on the web: www.pages.drexel.edu/~jlc42/davis.html
radio show:www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw070621lydia_davis
The Believer:www.believermag.com/issues/200705/?read=review_davis
.
