Lydia Davis

When asked why she writes, Lydia Davis confesses that the question makes her uncomfortable. Maybe she would rather not know. Instead, Davis considers how she writes her stories, how other writers...

From one of the most accomplished writers of our time comes another brilliant collection of short fiction. Artful, deft, and inventive, Lydia Davis' newest collection of stories delves into topics...

Lydia Davis, who has been called “a magician of self-consciousness” by Jonathan Franzen and “the best prose stylist in America” by Rick Moody, gathered a selection of her essays for the first time in...

Lydia Davis is a writer whose originality, influence, and wit are beyond compare. Jonathan Franzen has called her “a magician of self-consciousness,” while Rick Moody hails her as "the best prose...

Can't and Won't is a collection of short fiction that explores the strange logic of everyday life through Lydia Davis’s signature blend of precision, humor, and emotional restraint. The stories range...

Two American Scenes features two masters of the essay discussing "found material." Excerpts: It was given to me, in the nineteenth century, to spend a lifetime on this earth. Along with a few of...

The Cows is a meditative and closely observed work centered on three cows living in a field across from the narrator’s home. Through a series of detailed observations recorded over time, Lydia Davis...

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis gathers decades of Lydia Davis’s short fiction into a single volume, showcasing the full range of her distinctive literary style. Spanning from traditional...

Break It Down is a collection of short stories and brief prose pieces that examines relationships, loneliness, desire, and the strange logic of everyday thought. Lydia Davis moves between realistic...

Varieties of Disturbance is a collection of sharply observant short stories that explores the anxieties, routines, and quiet absurdities of everyday life. Through brief scenes, fragmented thoughts,...

The End of the Story is an introspective novel centered on a writer who becomes consumed by the memory of a past love affair. Narrated through fragmented reflections, reconstructed conversations, and...

Samuel Johnson Is Indignant is a collection of short stories and microfiction that explores language, memory, domestic life, and the peculiar ways people interpret the world around them. Lydia Davis...

Almost No Memory is a collection of inventive and often very brief stories that explores memory, language, relationships, and the peculiar rhythms of thought. Lydia Davis uses minimalist prose to...