Essays Two: On Proust, Translation, Foreign Languages, and the City of Arles

by Lydia Davis

Book Overview

A collection of essays on translation, foreign languages, Proust, and one French city, from the master short-fiction writer and acclaimed translator Lydia Davis

In Essays One, Lydia Davis, who has been called "a magician of self-consciousness" by Jonathan Franzen and "the best prose stylist in America" by Rick Moody, gathered a generous selection of her essays about best writing practices, representations of Jesus, early tourist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374148864
• ISBN13: 9780374148867
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 5.1" x 7.6"