Samuel Johnson Is Indignant

Literary Fiction (Books)

Author: Lydia Davis

One of the Village Voice’s 25 Favorite Books and the ALA’s 2002 Notable Books, this collection of 56 stories is like nothing else. By which we mean: there is nothing else like this. Lydia Davis makes simple things complicated and complicated things simple, and it is all amazing to behold…..Read More

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