Essays Two: On Proust, Translation, Foreign Languages, and the City of Arles

by Lydia Davis

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A collection of essays on translation, foreign languages, Proust, and one French city, from the master short-fiction writer and acclaimed translator Lydia Davis

In Essays One, Lydia Davis, who has been called "a magician of self-consciousness" by Jonathan Franzen and "the best prose stylist in America" by Rick Moody, gathered a generous selection of her essays about best writing practices, representations of Jesus, early tourist...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0374148864

ISBN13:9780374148867

Release Date:November 2021

Publisher:Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Length:592 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:2.2" x 5.1" x 7.6"

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