Can t and Won t

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A sparkling collection of pithy wit and formal inventiveness from one of the greatest short-story writers alive

With titles like 'A Story of Stolen Salamis', 'Letters to a Frozen Pea Manufacturer', 'A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates', and 'Can't and Won't', the stories in this collection illuminate particular moments in ordinary lives and find in them the humorous, the ironic and the surprising.

Above all the stories revel in and grapple with the joys and constraints of language - achieving always the extraordinary, unmatched precision which makes Lydia Davis one of the greatest contemporary writers on the international stage.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780241968086
Published: March 2015

Number of pages: 304
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 19 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd