{"product_id":"cant-and-wont-stories-paperback","title":"Can't and Won't: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLydia Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times - Los Angeles Times - The Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer stories may be literal one-liners: the entirety of \"Bloomington\" reads, \"Now that I have been here for a little while, I can say with confidence that I have never been here before.\" Or they may be lengthier investigations of the havoc wreaked by the most mundane disruptions to routine: in \"A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates,\" a professor receives a gift of thirty-two small chocolates and is paralyzed by the multitude of options she imagines for their consumption. The stories may appear in the form of letters of complaint; they may be extracted from Flaubert's correspondence; or they may be inspired by the author's own dreams, or the dreams of friends. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat does not vary throughout \u003ci\u003eCan't and Won't\u003c\/i\u003e, Lydia Davis's fifth collection of stories, is the power of her finely honed prose. Davis is sharply observant; she is wry or witty or poignant. Above all, she is refreshing. Davis writes with bracing candor and sly humor about the quotidian, revealing the mysterious, the foreign, the alienating, and the pleasurable within the predictable patterns of daily life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLYDIA DAVIS\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of one novel and five story collections, including \u003ci\u003eVarieties of Disturbance\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award. She is also the acclaimed translator of \u003ci\u003eSwann's Way\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e, both of which were awarded the French-American Foundation Translation Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Stories of Lydia Davis\u003c\/i\u003e was described by James Wood in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eas a \"grand cumulative achievement.\" She is the winner of the 2013 Man Booker International Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47444790870194,"sku":"9781250062437","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/f289cdfc6c2c753323fc91c9b1d0ce53.webp?v=1778711290","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/cant-and-wont-stories-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}