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- ISBN: 0312420560
- WAPI (Tower ID): 101474240
- Release Date: September 1, 2002
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #169828 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #21909 in Fiction & Literature (See Top 100 Fiction & Literature Bestsellers)
- #192 in Short Stories (single author) (See Top 100 Short Stories (single author) Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Samuel Johnson Is Indignant" by Lydia Davis to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Samuel Johnson Is Indignant"Browse more products related to "Lydia Davis"Review"[W]ith her deadpan delivery and shaggy-dog profundities, Davis might be thought of as an erudite stand-up comedian, one who works philosophers' conferences instead of nightclubs. Like a good joke, her stories are memorable, even fully retellable, but the world they conjure is thinly landscaped....Admittedly, David works an exceedingly narrow waterfront; yet she works it well...." "Davis revels in the elegance of mental process; the outcomes of her stories always refresh us with surprise....Still, SAMUEL JOHNSON IS INDIGNANT doesn't ring quite as strongly as Davis's earlier collections; there is an uneven, hodgepodge quality to the book....Her stories are intellectual and playful, and rigorous as brainteasers, yet the wholly cerebral world they chart has become somewhat claustrophobic." Publisher's noteThe author of Almost No Memory presents an inventive collection of short fiction that explores the various ways in which human beings perceive each other and themselves, from a couple that suspects their friends think them boring to a funeral home that receives a letter rebuking it for linguistic errors. AnnotationThe prose pieces in Lydia Davis's collection run from a few lines to 20 pages, and they show the influence of Kafka, one of the author's heroes, and also of the experimental writer Russell Edson, from whom she learned that "there are no limits." If You Enjoy "Samuel Johnson Is Indignant (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Samuel Johnson Is Indignant (Paperback)" by Lydia Davis (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Short Stories (single author) Bestsellers
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