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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 photographs, and much more. Essays Two collects 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, Newsday), Madame Bovary ([Flaubert's] masterwork has been given the English translation it deserves. Kathryn Harrison, The New York Times Book Review), and Michel Leiris (Magnificent. Tim Watson, Public Books). She also makes an extended visi

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      Publisher: Picador USA
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 29/11/2022
      ISBN13: 9781250858825, 978-1250858825
      ISBN10: 1250858828
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      Book Synopsis

      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 photographs, and much more. Essays Two collects 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, Newsday), Madame Bovary ([Flaubert's] masterwork has been given the English translation it deserves. Kathryn Harrison, The New York Times Book Review), and Michel Leiris (Magnificent. Tim Watson, Public Books). She also makes an extended visi

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