· A new collection by Lydia Davis is a chance to revel in the possibilities of brevity. Can't and Won't spans pages and features stories; the majority come in at well under a page. Davis Author: William Skidelsky. Can’t and Won’t. “How I Read as Quickly as Possible Through My Back Issues of the TLS,” by Lydia Davis, from a collection of stories to be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in April. Davis’s “The Two Davises and the Rug” appeared in the September issue of Harper’s Magazine. I do not want to read about the life of Jerry www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 1 min. Lydia Davis is the mistress of compression. The cover of the book is a virtually complete story about her losing an award because she would not write cannot and will not instead of can't and won't. Although the longest of the pieces in the book is 28 pages, the shortest is only 9 words/5.
― Lydia Davis, Can't and Won't. tags: action, arbitrariness, freedom. 22 likes. Like "Under all this dirt the floor is really very clean." ― Lydia Davis, Can't and Won't. 15 likes. Like "There are also men in the world. Sometimes we forget, and think there are only women—endless hills and plains of unresisting women. Lydia Davis Can and Will "Can't and Won't" by Lydia Davis (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) By Hayley C. Cuccinello, Crimson Staff Writer. An unsigned letter to a peppermint manufacturer, a series of. Lydia Davis's new collection of stories, Can't and Won't is a fantastic collection of vignettes, of short stories and of really long stories Can't and Won't is a collection that makes you ponder, makes you doubt, leaves you confused, perplexed and at the same time wrenches your heart with the most basic observations about life and living.
[Can't and Won't] is a remarkable, exhilarating beast: a collection that resumes the author's overall style--short narratives, with the occasional longer piece--while simultaneously expanding her vision with Can't and Won't, Davis deftly hones the art of looking backward, of calling the dead to life, of retaining the moments in life intended to remain fleeting. The result is a tapestry of method, style, and structure, all with the same objective: to possess that which has passed, to. Can’t and Won’t. “How I Read as Quickly as Possible Through My Back Issues of the TLS,” by Lydia Davis, from a collection of stories to be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in April. Davis’s “The Two Davises and the Rug” appeared in the September issue of Harper’s Magazine. I do not want to read about the life of Jerry Lewis. Read enough Lydia Davis and her stories start happening to you. The other day I went to pick up some shirts at the dry cleaners. I was about to enter the shop when I heard the owners, a husband.
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