Samuel Johnson is Indignant
From one of our most imaginative and inventive writers, a crystalline collection of perfectly modulated, sometimes harrowing and often hilarious investigations into the multifaceted ways in which human beings perceive each other and themselves. A couple suspects their friends think them boring; a...
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From one of our most imaginative and inventive writers, a crystalline collection of perfectly modulated, sometimes harrowing and often hilarious investigations into the multifaceted ways in which human beings perceive each other and themselves. A couple suspects their friends think them boring; a woman resolves to see herself as nothing but then concludes she's set too high a goal; and a funeral home receives a letter rebuking it for linguistic errors. Lydia Davis once again proves in the words of the Los Angeles Times "one of the quiet giants in the world of American fiction."
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312420567 (0312420560)
Publish date: September 1st 2002
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
"Ogni foca usa svariati buchi nel ghiaccio e ogni buco nel ghiaccio è usato da svariate foche". Dopo questa importantissima informazione che giunge dai ghiacci del Nord, il resto può attendere.
Love this, especially "Jury Duty," "Happiest Moment" and "Letter to a Funeral Parlor." Also "Finances."I think the short shorts -like two lines- were the weakest.People often admire Davis's wit, humor, skillful sadness, etc, but mostly I feel (with relief) a kind of detachment, observation, a wonder...
I enjoyed the pieces where she messes with language and grammer. It reminded me of Tender Buttons, and I could have read a whole book like that. But I didn't care for the more straight-forward fiction pieces. She does thing to keep the reader detached from the action and emotionally distant from the...
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