Varieties of Disturbance: Stories
About this ebook
"Davis is a magician of self-consciousness. Few writers now working make the words on the page matter more." ―Jonathan Franzen
"Davis is the kind of writer about whom you say: 'Oh, at last!'" ―Grace Paley
Fifty-seven rule-breaking short stories, in which Lydia Davis proposes a clear account of the sexual act, rides the bus, gets lost in a foreign city, and addresses common anxieties regarding etiquette, work, taste, the fourth grade, death, and conversation.
No two of these fictions are alike. And yet in each, Davis rearranges our view of the world by looking beyond our preconceptions to a bizarre truth, a source of delight and surprise.
"Davis's work defies categorization and possesses a moving, austere elegance." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
About the author
Lydia Davis's story collections include the Village Voice favorite Samuel Johnson Is Indignant and Almost No Memory, a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. She is the acclaimed translator of the new Swann's Way. She received a 2003 MacArthur fellowship.
