{"product_id":"essays-two-9780374148867","title":"Essays Two","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of essays on translation, foreign languages, Proust, and one French city, from the master short-fiction writer and acclaimed translator Lydia Davis \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEssays One\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 photographs, and much more.\u003ci\u003e Essays Two \u003c\/i\u003ecollects Davis's writings and talks on her second profession: the art of translation. The award-winning translator from the French reflects on her experience translating Proust (A work of creation in its own right. Claire Messud, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e ([Flaubert's] masterwork has been given the English translation it deserves. Kathryn Harrison,\u003ci\u003e The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), and Michel Leiris (Magnificent. Tim Watson,\u003ci\u003e Public Books\u003c\/i\u003e). She also makes an extended visi\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525020950871,"sku":"9780374148867","price":26.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780374148867.jpg?v=1731858962","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/essays-two-9780374148867","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}