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Lydia Davis
Samuel Johnson Is Indignant (McSweeney's) Lydia Davis' stories are miniatures. Acutely observed specificities are tautly rendered. Such intimate detail provides a keyhole view of how sanity gives way to obsession, and obsession gives way to wild comedy.
By Michael Silverblatt • • 30m ListenSamuel Johnson Is Indignant (McSweeney's)
Lydia Davis' stories are miniatures. Acutely observed specificities are tautly rendered. Such intimate detail provides a keyhole view of how sanity gives way to obsession, and obsession gives way to wild comedy.
Read an excerpt from Samuel Johnson Is Indignant.