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“Reading this collection was such a pleasure: getting to learn more about the art (rather than the science) of translating, Lydia Davis’ delightful and individual endeavors on translating languages while simultaneously learning them make for great pre-bed and in-flight reading. Usually, the meanderings and tangents prove fruitful; rarely do they disappoint.”
About Lydia Davis
is the author of
, a collection of essays on writing, reading, art, memory, and the Bible. She is also the author of
and many story collections, including
, a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award for Fiction;
(2014); and
, described by James Wood in
as "a grand cumulative achievement." Davis is also the acclaimed translator of
and
, both awarded the French-American Foundation Translation Prize, and of many other works of literature. She has been named both a Chevalier and an Officier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government, and in 2020 she received the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story.
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