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Can't and won't / Lydia Davis

Author
Davis, Lydia, 1947-
Uniform Title
Short stories. Selections
Additional Titles
Cannot and will not
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
xi, 289 pages ; 22 cm

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: I -- A Story of Stolen Salamis -- The Dog Hair -- Circular Story -- Idea for a Sign -- Bloomington -- The Cook's Lesson -- At the Bank -- Awake in the Night -- At the Bank: 2 -- The Two Davises and the Rug -- Contingency (vs. Necessity) -- Brief Incident in Short a, Long a, and Schwa -- Contingency (vs. Necessity) 2: On Vacation -- A Story Told to Me by a Friend -- The Bad Novel -- After You Left -- The Bodyguard -- The Child -- The Churchyard -- My Sister and the Queen of England -- The Visit to the Dentist -- Letter to a Frozen Peas Manufacturer -- The Cornmeal -- II -- Two Undertakers -- I Ask Mary About Her Friend, the Depressive, and His Vacation -- The Magic of the Train -- Eating Fish Alone -- Can't and Won't -- Pouchet's Wife -- Dinner -- The Dog -- The Grandmother -- The Dreadful Mucamas -- Reversible Story -- A Woman, Thirty -- How I Know What I Like (Six Versions) -- Handel -- The Force of the Subliminal -- Her Geography: Alabama -- The Funeral -- The Husband-Seekers -- In the Gallery -- The Low Sun -- The Landing -- The Language of the Telephone Company -- The Coachman and the Worm -- Letter to a Marketing Manager -- III -- The Last of the Mohicans -- Grade Two Assignment -- Master -- An Awkward Situation -- Housekeeping Observation -- The Execution -- A Note from the Paperboy -- In the Train Station -- The Moon -- My Footsteps -- How I Read as Quickly as Possible Through My Back Issues of the TLS -- Notes During Long Phone Conversation with Mother -- Men -- Negative Emotions -- I'm Pretty Comfortable, But I Could Be a Little More Comfortable -- Judgment -- The Chairs -- My Friend's Creation -- The Piano -- The Party -- The Cows -- The Exhibition -- Letter to a Peppermint Candy Company -- Her Geography: Illinois -- IV -- Odon von Horvath Out Walking -- On the Train -- The Problem of the Vacuum Cleaner -- The Seals -- Learning Medieval History -- My School Friend -- The Piano Lesson -- The Schoolchildren in the Large Building -- The Sentence and the Young Man -- Molly, Female Cat: History/Findings -- The Letter to the Foundation -- The Results of One Statistical Study -- Revise: 1 -- Short Conversation (in Airport Departure Lounge) -- Revise: 2 -- Left Luggage -- Waiting for Takeoff -- Industry -- The Sky Above Los Angeles -- Two Characters in a Paragraph -- Swimming in Egypt -- The Language of Things in the House -- The Washerwomen -- Letter to a Hotel Manager -- Her Birthday -- V -- My Childhood Friend -- Their Poor Dog -- Hello Dear -- Not Interested -- Old Woman, Old Fish -- Staying at the Pharmacist's -- The Song -- Two Former Students -- A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates -- The Woman Next to Me on the Airplane -- Writing -- Wrong Thank-You in Theater -- The Rooster -- Sitting with My Little Friend -- The Old Soldier -- Two Sligo Lads -- The Woman in Red -- If at the Wedding (at the Zoo) -- The Gold Digger of Goldfields -- The Old Vacuum Cleaner Keeps Dying on Her -- Flaubert and Point of View -- Family Shopping -- Local Obits -- Letter to the President of the American Biographical Institute, Inc. -- Nancy Brown Will Be in Town -- Ph.D.
Summary
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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ISBN
9780374118587 (hbk.)
0374118582 (hbk.)
9780374711436 (ebk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Awards
Man Booker International Prize, 2013
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