EPISODE · Jun 21, 2007 · 29 MIN
Lydia Davis
from Bookworm
Varieties of Disturbance (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Lydia Davis writes elegant prose pieces in which basic confusions are described with authority and clarity.
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Varieties of Disturbance (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Lydia Davis writes elegant prose pieces in which
basic confusions are described with authority and clarity.
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