Essays One
by Lydia Davis
Published for the first time: 10/22/2019
528 pages, Hardcover
Genres: Literary Criticism, Art, Writing, Nonfiction, Essays, American, Literature
Best known for her short stories and translations, Davis's also writes nonfiction. In Essays I, Davis has, for the first time, gathered a selection of essays, commentaries, and lectures composed over the past five decades.In this first of two volumes, her subjects range from her earliest influences to her favorite short stories, from John Ashbery's translation of Rimbaud to Alan Cote's painting, and from the Shepherd's Psalm to early tourist photographs.
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