Samuel Johnson Is Indignant: Stories

Davis, Lydia

ISBN 10: 0312420560 / ISBN 13: 9780312420567

Published by Picador, 2002

About this Item

Near fine in like jacket. A beautiful, unread copy. Lydia Davis's Samuel Johnson Is Indignant is a collection of brief, sharp, and inventive short stories that blend wit, absurdity, and keen observation. The stories range from a few sentences to several pages, exploring themes like human behavior, relationships, and the peculiarities of everyday life. Davis's minimalist style often blurs the line between prose and poetry, delivering profound insights with brevity. Highlights include reflections on language, philosophical musings, and wry humor, as seen in the title story about Samuel Johnson's irritation. The collection showcases Davis's ability to capture complex emotions and ideas in strikingly concise and imaginative ways. The title story: SAMUEL JOHNSON IS INDIGNANT:    that Scotland has so few trees.  Now buy the book and read the rest.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Samuel Johnson Is Indignant: Stories
• Publisher: Picador
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312420560
• ISBN 13: 9780312420567
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 6 ounces

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Synopsis

From one of our most imaginative and inventive writers, a crystalline collection of perfectly modulated, sometimes harrowing and often hilarious investigations into the multifaceted ways in which human beings perceive each other and themselves. A couple suspects their friends think them boring; a woman resolves to see herself as nothing but then concludes she's set too high a goal; and a funeral home receives a letter rebuking it for linguistic errors. Lydia Davis once again proves in the words of the Los Angeles Times "one of the quiet giants in the world of American fiction."

About the Author

Lydia Davis is the author of Essays One, a collection of essays on writing, reading, art, memory, and the Bible. She is also the author of The End of the Story: A Novel and many story collections, including Varieties of Disturbance, a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award for Fiction; Can’t and Won’t (2014); and The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, described by James Wood in The New Yorker as “a grand cumulative achievement.” Davis is also the acclaimed translator of Swann’s Way and Madame Bovary, both awarded the French-American Foundation Translation Prize, and of many other works of literature. She has been named both a Chevalier and an Officier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government, and in 2020 she received the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story.