Can't and won't
by Lydia Davis · first published 2014
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A fifth collection by the author of the National Book Award finalist, Varieties of Disturbance, includes pithy one-liners, exploratory observations and letters of complaint, including "A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates," in which a professor is stymied by her choices.
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…Of Strange New Things' by Michel Faber 11. 'The Book Of Unknown Americans' by Cristina Henríquez 12. 'Boy, Snow, Bird' by Helen Oyeyemi 13. 'A Brief History Of Seven Killings' by Marlon James 14. 'Can’t And Won’t' by Lydia Davis 15. 'The Cold Song' by Linn Ullmann. Translated by Barbara J. Haveland 16. 'Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage' by Haruki Murakami. Translated by Philip Gabriel 17.…
on “Notable Books of 2014” ↗…them away. But they are all we have left of him. We don’t throw them away. We have a wild hope--if only we collect enough of them, we will be able to put the dog back together again. Davis, Lydia. Can't and Won't: Stories. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Reprint edition. 2014. https://theyalelit.tumblr.com/post/84167301273/the-dog-hair
on “I couldn’t get over my brother’s death” ↗