Davis Lydia The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

<p><b> <i>The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis </i>is an event in American letters. </b><br><br>Lydia Davis is one of our most original and influential writers. She has been called "an American virtuoso of the short story form" (<i>Salon</i>) and "one of the quiet giants . . . of American fiction" (<i>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i>). Now, for the first time, Davis''s short stories are collected in one volume, from the groundbreaking <i>Break It Down </i>(1986) to the 2007 National Book Award nominee <i>Varieties of Disturbance</i>.<br><br><b>"Among the true originals of contemporary American short fiction.” —<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> </b></p>