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Lydia Davis' amusing, insightful stories address the estrangements of everyday life – and resist the hollowing of language

  • Written by Tamlyn Avery, Lecturer in American Studies, The University of Queensland
Lydia Davis' amusing, insightful stories address the estrangements of everyday life – and resist the hollowing of languageJeffrey Czum/Pexels

Lydia Davis is known for her minimalist fiction – “economy, precision and originality” is how the author Ali Smith once described her style. Her shortest story, Index Entry, amounts to just four words:

Christian, I’m not a.

Davis’ latest book Our Strangers is a pageant of quirky observations,...

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