The collected stories of Lydia Davis

The collected stories of Lydia Davis

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A single-volume compilation of the National Book Award finalist's short stories includes "Break it Down" and "Varieties of Disturbance."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Lydia, 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009
New York : c2009
New York : 2009
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
2000 - 2099
2000-2099
Short stories, American > 21st century
Short stories, American
Short stories
Fiction
Table of Contents:
  • Almost no memory (1997) Meat, my husband
  • Jack in the country
  • Foucault and pencil
  • The mice
  • The thirteenth woman
  • The professor
  • The cedar trees
  • The cats in the prison recreation hall
  • Wife One in country
  • The fish tank
  • The center of the story
  • Love
  • Our kindness
  • A natural disaster
  • Odd behavior
  • St. Martin
  • Agreement
  • In the Garment District
  • Disagreement
  • The actors
  • What was interesting
  • In the Everglades
  • The family
  • Trying to learn
  • To reiterate
  • Lord Royston's tour
  • The other
  • A friend of mine
  • This condition
  • Go away
  • Pastor Elaine's newsletter
  • A man in our town
  • A second chance
  • Fear
  • Almost no memory
  • Mr. Knockly
  • How he is often right
  • The rape of the Tanuk women
  • What I feel
  • Lost things
  • Glen Gould
  • Smoke
  • From below, as a neighbor
  • The great-grandmothers
  • Ethics
  • The house behind
  • The outing
  • A position at the university
  • Examples of confusion
  • The race of the patient motorcyclists
  • Affinity
  • Break It Down (1986)
  • Story
  • The Fears of Mrs. Orlando
  • Liminal: The Little Man
  • Break It Down
  • Mr. Burdoff's Visit to Germany
  • What She Knew
  • The Fish
  • Mildred and the Oboe
  • The Mouse
  • The Letter
  • Extracts from a Life
  • The House Plans
  • The Brother-in-Law
  • How W. H. Auden Spends the Night in a Friend's House
  • Mothers
  • In a House Besieged
  • Visit to Her Husband
  • Cockroaches in Autumn
  • The Bone
  • A Few Things Wrong with Me
  • Samuel Johnson is Indignant (2001)
  • Boring Friends
  • A Mown Lawn
  • City People
  • Betrayal
  • The White Tribe
  • Our Trip
  • Special Chair
  • Certain Knowledge from Herodotus
  • Priority
  • The Meeting
  • Companion
  • Blind Date
  • Examples of Remember
  • Old Mother and the Grouch
  • Samuel Johnson Is Indignant
  • New Year's Resolution
  • First Grade: Handwriting Practice
  • Interesting
  • Happiest Moment
  • Jury Duty
  • A Double Negative
  • The Old Dictionary
  • Honoring the Subjunctive
  • How Difficult
  • Losing Memory
  • Letter to a Funeral Parlor
  • Thyroid Diary
  • Information from the North Concerning the Ice
  • Murder in Bohemia
  • Happy Memories
  • They Take Turns Using a Word They Like
  • Marie Curie, So Honorable Woman
  • Mir the Hessian
  • My Neighbors in a Foreign Place
  • Oral History (with Hiccups)
  • The Patient
  • Right and Wrong
  • Alvin the Typesetter
  • Special
  • Selfish
  • My Husband and I
  • Spring Spleen
  • Her Damage
  • Workingmen
  • In a Northern Country
  • Away from Home
  • Company
  • Finances
  • The Transformation
  • Two Sisters (II)
  • The Furnace
  • Young and Poor
  • The Silence of Mrs. Iln
  • Almost Over: Separate Bedrooms
  • Money
  • Acknowledgment
  • Varieties of Disturbance (2007)
  • A Man from Her Past
  • Dog and Me
  • Enlightened
  • The Good Taste Contest
  • Collaboration with Fly
  • Kafka Cooks Dinner
  • Tropical Storm
  • Good Times
  • Idea for a Short Documentary Film
  • Forbidden Subjects
  • Two Types
  • The Senses
  • Grammar Questions
  • Hand
  • The Caterpillar
  • Child Care
  • We Miss You: A Study of Get-Well Letters from a Class of Fourth-Graders
  • Passing Wind
  • Television
  • Jane and the Cane
  • Getting to Know Your Body
  • Absentminded
  • Southward Bound, Reads Worstward Ho
  • The Walk
  • Varieties of Disturbance
  • Lonely
  • Mrs. D and Her Maids
  • 20 Sculptures in One Hour
  • Nietszche
  • What You Learn About the Baby
  • Her Mother's Mother
  • How It Is Done
  • Insomnia
  • Burning Family Members
  • The Way to Perfection
  • The Fellowship
  • Helen and Vi: A Study in Health and Vitality
  • Reducing Expenses
  • Mother's Reaction to My Travel Plans
  • For Sixty Cents
  • How Shall I Mourn Them?
  • A Strange Impulse
  • How She Could Not Drive
  • Suddenly Afraid
  • Getting Better
  • Head, Heart
  • The Strangers
  • The Busy Road
  • Order
  • The Fly
  • Traveling with Mother
  • Index Entry
  • My Son
  • Example of the Continuing Past Tense in a Hotel Room
  • Cape Cod Diary
  • Almost Over: What's the Word?
  • A Different Man
  • Break It Down (1986)
  • Story
  • The Fears of Mrs. Orlando
  • Liminal: The Little Man
  • Break It Down
  • Mr. Burdoff's Visit to Germany
  • What She Knew
  • The Fish
  • Mildred and the Oboe
  • The Mouse
  • The Letter
  • Extracts from a Life
  • The House Plans
  • The Brother-in-Law
  • How W. H. Auden Spends the Night in a Friend's House
  • Mothers
  • In a House Besieged
  • Visit to Her Husband
  • Cockroaches in Autumn
  • The Bone
  • A Few Things Wrong with Me
  • Samuel Johnson is Indignant (2001)
  • Boring Friends
  • A Mown Lawn
  • City People
  • Betrayal
  • The White Tribe
  • Our Trip
  • Special Chair
  • Certain Knowledge from Herodotus
  • Priority
  • The Meeting
  • Companion
  • Blind Date
  • Examples of Remember
  • Old Mother and the Grouch
  • Samuel Johnson Is Indignant
  • New Year's Resolution
  • First Grade: Handwriting Practice
  • Interesting
  • Happiest Moment
  • Jury Duty
  • A Double Negative
  • The Old Dictionary
  • Honoring the Subjunctive
  • How Difficult
  • Losing Memory
  • Letter to a Funeral Parlor
  • Thyroid Diary
  • Information from the North Concerning the Ice
  • Murder in Bohemia
  • Happy Memories
  • They Take Turns Using a Word They Like
  • Marie Curie, So Honorable Woman
  • Mir the Hessian
  • My Neighbors in a Foreign Place
  • Oral History (with Hiccups)
  • The Patient
  • Right and Wrong
  • Alvin the Typesetter
  • Special
  • Selfish
  • My Husband and I
  • Spring Spleen
  • Her Damage
  • Workingmen
  • In a Northern Country
  • Away from Home
  • Company
  • Finances
  • The Transformation
  • Two Sisters (II)
  • The Furnace
  • Young and Poor
  • The Silence of Mrs. Iln
  • Almost Over: Separate Bedrooms
  • Money
  • Acknowledgment
  • Varieties of Disturbance (2007)
  • A Man from Her Past
  • Dog and Me
  • Enlightened
  • The Good Taste Contest
  • Collaboration with Fly
  • Break it down (1986) Story
  • The fears of Mrs. Orlando
  • Liminal: the little man
  • Break it down
  • Mr. Burdoff's visit to Germany
  • What she knew
  • The fish
  • Mildred and the oboe
  • The mouse
  • The letter
  • Extracts from a life
  • The house plans
  • The brother-in-law
  • How W.H. Auden spends the night in a friend's house
  • Mothers
  • In a house besieged
  • Visit to her husband
  • Cockroaches in Autumn
  • The bone
  • A few things wrong with me
  • Sketches for a life of Wassilly
  • City employment
  • Two sisters
  • The mother
  • Therapy
  • French lesson I: Le meurtre
  • Once a very stupid man
  • The housemaid
  • The cottages
  • Safe love
  • Problem
  • What an old woman will wear
  • The sock
  • Five signs of distrubance
  • Break it down (1986) Story
  • The fears of Mrs. Orlando
  • Liminal: the little man
  • Break it down
  • Mr. Burdoff's visit to Germany
  • What she knew
  • The fish
  • Mildred and the oboe
  • The mouse
  • The letter
  • Extracts from a life
  • The house plans
  • The brother-in-law
  • How W.H. Auden spends the night in a friend's house
  • Mothers
  • In a house besieged
  • Visit to her husband
  • Cockroaches in Autumn
  • The bone
  • A few things wrong with me
  • Sketches for a life of Wassilly
  • City employment
  • Two sisters
  • The mother
  • Therapy
  • French lesson I: Le meurtre
  • Once a very stupid man
  • The housemaid
  • The cottages
  • Safe love
  • Problem
  • What an old woman will wear
  • The sock
  • Five signs of disturbance
  • Samuel Johnson is indignant (2001) Boring friends
  • A mown lawn
  • City people
  • Betrayal
  • The white tribe
  • Our trip
  • Special chair
  • Certain knowledge from Herodotus
  • Priority
  • The meeting
  • Companion
  • Blind date
  • Examples of Remember
  • Old Mother and the grouch
  • Samuel Johnson is indignant:
  • New Year's resolution
  • First grade: handwriting practice
  • Interesting
  • Happiest moment
  • Jury duty
  • A double negative
  • The old dictionary
  • Honoring the subjunctive
  • How difficult
  • Losing memory
  • Letter to a funeral parlor
  • Thyroid diary
  • Information from the North concerning the ice:
  • Murder in Bohemia
  • Happy memories
  • They take turns using a word they like
  • Marie Curie, so honorable woman
  • Mir the Hessian
  • My neighbors in a foreign place
  • Oral history (with hiccups)
  • The patient
  • Right and wrong
  • Alvin the Typesetter
  • Special
  • Selfish
  • My husband and I
  • Spring spleen
  • Her damage
  • Workingmen
  • In a northern country
  • Away from home
  • Company
  • Finances
  • The transformation
  • Two sisters (II)
  • The furnace
  • Young and poor
  • The silence of Mrs. Iln
  • Almost over: separate bedrooms
  • Money
  • Varieties of disturbance (2007) A man from her past
  • Dog and me
  • Enlightened
  • The good taste contest
  • Collaboration with fly
  • Kafka cooks dinner
  • Tropical storm
  • Good Times
  • Idea for a short documentary film
  • Forbidden subjects
  • Two types
  • The senses
  • Grammar questions
  • Hand
  • The caterpillar
  • Child care
  • We miss you: a study of get-well letters from a class of fourth-graders
  • Passing wind
  • Television
  • Jane and the cane
  • Getting to know your body
  • Absentminded
  • Southward bound, reads Worstward Ho
  • The walk
  • Varieties of disturbance
  • Lonely
  • Mrs. D and her maids
  • 20 sculptures in one hour
  • Nietszche
  • What you learn about the baby
  • Her mother's mother
  • How it is done
  • Insomnia
  • Burning family members
  • The way to perfection
  • The fellowship
  • Helen and Vi: a study in health and vitality
  • Reducing expenses
  • Mother's reaction to my travel plans
  • For sixty cents
  • How shall I mourn them?
  • A strange impulse
  • How she could not drive
  • Suddenly afraid
  • Getting better
  • Head, heart
  • The strangers
  • The busy road
  • Order
  • The fly
  • Traveling with mother
  • Index entry
  • My son
  • Example of the continuing past tense in a hotel room
  • Cape Cod diary
  • Almost over: what's the word?
  • A different man.
  • Kafka Cooks Dinner
  • Tropical Storm
  • Good Times
  • Idea for a Short Documentary Film
  • Forbidden Subjects
  • Two Types
  • The Senses
  • Grammar Questions
  • Hand
  • The Caterpillar
  • Child Care
  • We Miss You: A Study of Get-Well Letters from a Class of Fourth-Graders
  • Passing Wind
  • Television
  • Jane and the Cane
  • Getting to Know Your Body
  • Absentminded
  • Southward Bound, Reads Worstward Ho
  • The Walk
  • Varieties of Disturbance
  • Lonely
  • Mrs. D and Her Maids
  • 20 Sculptures in One Hour
  • Nietszche
  • What You Learn About the Baby
  • Her Mother's Mother
  • How It Is Done
  • Insomnia
  • Burning Family Members
  • The Way to Perfection
  • The Fellowship
  • Helen and Vi: A Study in Health and Vitality
  • Reducing Expenses
  • Mother's Reaction to My Travel Plans
  • For Sixty Cents
  • How Shall I Mourn Them?
  • A Strange Impulse
  • How She Could Not Drive
  • Suddenly Afraid
  • Getting Better
  • Head, Heart
  • The Strangers
  • The Busy Road
  • Order
  • The Fly
  • Traveling with Mother
  • Index Entry
  • My Son
  • Example of the Continuing Past Tense in a Hotel Room
  • Cape Cod Diary
  • Almost Over: What's the Word?
  • A Different Man

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