Ciento cincuenta cuentos cortos
| Title | Ciento cincuenta cuentos cortos |
|---|---|
| Author | Davis, Lydia |
| Publisher | Almadía Ediciones, S. A. P. I. de C. V. |
| Imprint | Almadia |
| ISBN | 9786078667260 |
| Edition number | 1 |
| Publication year | 2022 |
| Pages | 264 |
| Format | Printed |
| THEMA | Fiction and Related items |
| Synopsis | «As powerful as Kafka, as subtle as Flaubert, as defining of an era, in its own way, as Proust.» ALI SMITH (THE GUARDIAN) Lydia Davis is one of the most representative North American writers of our times. With a career that has seen her receive the most prestigious awards of today, her name has been inextricably linked to the genre of the micro-story or flash of fiction, and to a type of writing in which there is no room for excess, but rather for succinct depth. This anthology, personally prepared by the author, gives an account of this complex but precise and meticulous work that continues to surprise more and more readers. With a strong introspective tone, and more concerned with the complex relationship between daily life and language (how to translate everyday experience into words? How do the devices of grammar and syntax affect or transform reality?), these small prose pieces often dispense with the resource of plot to take the form of shrewd meditations, detailed descriptions of obsession, disturbing logical games and words that point out possibilities rather than determining truths. At the same time, this collection is a remarkable reflection on writing as a habit: 150 short stories guided by an admirable intelligence and an exquisite sense of humor. |
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| eosorio@corporativoventura.mx |
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