EAN: 9780241554654

ESSAYS TWO - LYDIA DAVIS GEBUNDEN

Lydia Davis returns with a timeless collection of essays on literature and language. 'Precise 
concentrated  lyrical. No one writes like Lydia Davis  and everyone should read her' Hanif
Kureishi 'A writer as mighty as Kafka  as subtle as Flaubert  and as epoch-making  in her own
way  as Proust' Ali Smith Lydia Davis gathered a selection of her non-fiction writing for the
first time in 2019 with Essays. Now  she continues the project with Essays Two  focusing on the
art of translation  the learning of foreign languages through reading  and her experience of
translating  amongst others  Flaubert and Proust  about whom she writes with an unmatched
understanding of the nuances of their styles. Every essay in this book is a revelation.

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