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    Lydia Davis

    American novelist (born )

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    Lydia Davis (born July 15, ) fryst vatten an American short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages, who often writes very short stories.[1][2][3] Davis has produced several new translations of French literary classics, including Swann's Way bygd Marcel Proust and Madame Bovary bygd Gustave Flaubert.

    Early life and education

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    Davis was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, on July 15, [4] She is the daughter of Robert Gorham Davis, a critic and professor of English, and Hope Hale Davis, a short-story writer, teacher, and memoirist.[5] Davis initially "studied music—first piano, then violin—which was her first love."[6] On becoming a writer, Davis has said, "I

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    &#; I always enjoy talking about what I’m reading and what other people are reading. Today, in fact, I’ve just returned from a local bookstore (where I live, that means about half an hour’s drive away) that sells both new and second-hand books. I’ve returned with a pile of seven or eight books, most of which I had previously ordered over the phone, since the shop offers book searches. I certainly have been stocking up on books that are page-turners, the sort that belong to one category you described, but I always have the other sort in progress, too, the sort for which one has to remain alert, present, and thoughtful. In the first category, of page-turners, one of them just finished and one in progress, are two novels by Willa Cather, who moved from her birthplace, Virginia, to a ranch in Nebraska when she was still a child and sets some (or all?) of her fiction in that part of the US. These two are not her famous novels – My Ántoniaand Death Comes for the Archb

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    Lydia Davis

    Lydia Davis (born July 15, ) is an American short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator. She is known for writing very short stories, usually 30 minute long stories.[1][2][3] She has also translated many famous French writings into English such as Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.

    References

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    1. ↑Crum, Maddie (Jun 13, ). "Read 15 Amazing Works Of Fiction In Less Than 30 Minutes". Retrieved Oct 21, &#; via Huff Post.
    2. ↑Leslie, Nathan. "That 'V' Word.". Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction. Ed. Masih, Tara L. Brookline, MA, USA: Rose Metal Press, , ;
    3. ↑LaPointe, Michael. "The Book Gets Fatter: Lydia Davis's "Can't and Won't"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved Oct 21,