Lydia Davis
Can't and Won't
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Can't and Won't
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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', this title features stories that illuminate particular moments in ordinary lives and find in them the humorous, the ironic and the surprising.
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', this title features stories that illuminate particular moments in ordinary lives and find in them the humorous, the ironic and the surprising.
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Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Penguin Books UK
- Seitenzahl: 304
- Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2015
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 195mm x 126mm x 21mm
- Gewicht: 217g
- ISBN-13: 9780241968086
- ISBN-10: 0241968089
- Artikelnr.: 41770649
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
- Verlag: Penguin Books UK
- Seitenzahl: 304
- Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2015
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 195mm x 126mm x 21mm
- Gewicht: 217g
- ISBN-13: 9780241968086
- ISBN-10: 0241968089
- Artikelnr.: 41770649
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
Lydia Davis
I
A Story of Stolen Salamis 3
The Dog Hair 4
Circular Story 5
Idea for a Sign 6
Bloomington 8
The Cook's Lesson 9
At the Bank 10
Awake in the Night 11
At the Bank: 2 12
The Two Davises and the Rug 13
Contingency (vs. Necessity) 18
Brief Incident in Short a, Long a, and Schwa 19
Contingency (vs. Necessity) 2: On Vacation 20
A Story Told to Me by a Friend 21
The Bad Novel 23
After You Left 24
The Bodyguard 26
The Child 27
The Churchyard 28
My Sister and the Queen of En gland 29
The Visit to the Dentist 31
Letter to a Frozen Peas Manufacturer 32
The Cornmeal 33
II
Two Undertakers 37
I Ask Mary About Her Friend, the Depressive, and
His Vacation 38
The Magic of the Train 39
Eating Fish Alone 40
Can't and Won't 46
Pouchet's Wife 47
Dinner 48
The Dog 49
The Grandmother 50
The Dreadful Mucamas 51
Reversible Story 61
A Woman, Thirty 62
How I Know What I Like (Six Versions) 63
Handel 64
The Force of the Subliminal 65
Her Geography: Alabama 67
The Funeral 68
The Husband- Seekers 69
In the Gallery 70
The Low Sun 71
The Landing 72
The Language of the Telephone Company 77
The Coachman and the Worm 78
Letter to a Marketing Manager 80
III
The Last of the Mohicans 85
Grade Two Assignment 86
Master 87
An Awkward Situation 88
House keeping Observation 90
The Execution 91
A Note from the Paperboy 92
In the Train Station 93
The Moon 94
My Footsteps 95
How I Read as Quickly as Possible Through My Back Issues
of the TLS 96
Notes During Long Phone Conversation with Mother 101
Men 102
Negative Emotions 103
I'm Pretty Comfortable, But I Could Be a Little
More Comfortable 105
Judgment 112
The Chairs 113
My Friend's Creation 114
The Piano 115
The Party 116
The Cows 118
The Exhibition 134
Letter to a Peppermint Candy Company 136
Her Geography: Illinois 139
IV
Ödön von Horváth Out Walking 143
On the Train 144
The Problem of the Vacuum Cleaner 145
The Seals 146
Learning Medieval History 171
My School Friend 172
The Piano Lesson 173
The Schoolchildren in the Large Building 174
The Sentence and the Young Man 175
Molly, Female Cat: History/Findings 176
The Letter to the Foundation 179
The Results of One Statistical Study 208
Revise: 1 209
Short Conversation (in Airport Departure Lounge) 210
Revise: 2 211
Left Luggage 212
Waiting for Takeoff 214
Industry 215
The Sky Above Los Angeles 216
Two Characters in a Paragraph 217
Swimming in Egypt 218
The Language of Things in the House 219
The Washerwomen 226
Letter to a Hotel Manager 227
Her Birthday 232
V
My Childhood Friend 235
Their Poor Dog 236
Hello Dear 238
Not Interested 239
Old Woman, Old Fish 242
Staying at the Pharmacist's 243
The Song 245
Two Former Students 246
A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates 247
The Woman Next to Me on the Airplane 251
Writing 252
Wrong Thank- You in Theater 253
The Rooster 254
Sitting with My Little Friend 256
The Old Soldier 257
Two Sligo Lads 259
The Woman in Red 260
If at the Wedding (at the Zoo) 261
The Gold Digger of Goldfi elds 264
The Old Vacuum Cleaner Keeps Dying on Her 266
Flaubert and Point of View 267
Family Shopping 269
Local Obits 270
Letter to the President of the American Biographical
Institute, Inc. 279
Nancy Brown Will Be in Town 282
Ph.D. 283
Notes and Acknowledgments 285
A Story of Stolen Salamis 3
The Dog Hair 4
Circular Story 5
Idea for a Sign 6
Bloomington 8
The Cook's Lesson 9
At the Bank 10
Awake in the Night 11
At the Bank: 2 12
The Two Davises and the Rug 13
Contingency (vs. Necessity) 18
Brief Incident in Short a, Long a, and Schwa 19
Contingency (vs. Necessity) 2: On Vacation 20
A Story Told to Me by a Friend 21
The Bad Novel 23
After You Left 24
The Bodyguard 26
The Child 27
The Churchyard 28
My Sister and the Queen of En gland 29
The Visit to the Dentist 31
Letter to a Frozen Peas Manufacturer 32
The Cornmeal 33
II
Two Undertakers 37
I Ask Mary About Her Friend, the Depressive, and
His Vacation 38
The Magic of the Train 39
Eating Fish Alone 40
Can't and Won't 46
Pouchet's Wife 47
Dinner 48
The Dog 49
The Grandmother 50
The Dreadful Mucamas 51
Reversible Story 61
A Woman, Thirty 62
How I Know What I Like (Six Versions) 63
Handel 64
The Force of the Subliminal 65
Her Geography: Alabama 67
The Funeral 68
The Husband- Seekers 69
In the Gallery 70
The Low Sun 71
The Landing 72
The Language of the Telephone Company 77
The Coachman and the Worm 78
Letter to a Marketing Manager 80
III
The Last of the Mohicans 85
Grade Two Assignment 86
Master 87
An Awkward Situation 88
House keeping Observation 90
The Execution 91
A Note from the Paperboy 92
In the Train Station 93
The Moon 94
My Footsteps 95
How I Read as Quickly as Possible Through My Back Issues
of the TLS 96
Notes During Long Phone Conversation with Mother 101
Men 102
Negative Emotions 103
I'm Pretty Comfortable, But I Could Be a Little
More Comfortable 105
Judgment 112
The Chairs 113
My Friend's Creation 114
The Piano 115
The Party 116
The Cows 118
The Exhibition 134
Letter to a Peppermint Candy Company 136
Her Geography: Illinois 139
IV
Ödön von Horváth Out Walking 143
On the Train 144
The Problem of the Vacuum Cleaner 145
The Seals 146
Learning Medieval History 171
My School Friend 172
The Piano Lesson 173
The Schoolchildren in the Large Building 174
The Sentence and the Young Man 175
Molly, Female Cat: History/Findings 176
The Letter to the Foundation 179
The Results of One Statistical Study 208
Revise: 1 209
Short Conversation (in Airport Departure Lounge) 210
Revise: 2 211
Left Luggage 212
Waiting for Takeoff 214
Industry 215
The Sky Above Los Angeles 216
Two Characters in a Paragraph 217
Swimming in Egypt 218
The Language of Things in the House 219
The Washerwomen 226
Letter to a Hotel Manager 227
Her Birthday 232
V
My Childhood Friend 235
Their Poor Dog 236
Hello Dear 238
Not Interested 239
Old Woman, Old Fish 242
Staying at the Pharmacist's 243
The Song 245
Two Former Students 246
A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates 247
The Woman Next to Me on the Airplane 251
Writing 252
Wrong Thank- You in Theater 253
The Rooster 254
Sitting with My Little Friend 256
The Old Soldier 257
Two Sligo Lads 259
The Woman in Red 260
If at the Wedding (at the Zoo) 261
The Gold Digger of Goldfi elds 264
The Old Vacuum Cleaner Keeps Dying on Her 266
Flaubert and Point of View 267
Family Shopping 269
Local Obits 270
Letter to the President of the American Biographical
Institute, Inc. 279
Nancy Brown Will Be in Town 282
Ph.D. 283
Notes and Acknowledgments 285
I
A Story of Stolen Salamis 3
The Dog Hair 4
Circular Story 5
Idea for a Sign 6
Bloomington 8
The Cook's Lesson 9
At the Bank 10
Awake in the Night 11
At the Bank: 2 12
The Two Davises and the Rug 13
Contingency (vs. Necessity) 18
Brief Incident in Short a, Long a, and Schwa 19
Contingency (vs. Necessity) 2: On Vacation 20
A Story Told to Me by a Friend 21
The Bad Novel 23
After You Left 24
The Bodyguard 26
The Child 27
The Churchyard 28
My Sister and the Queen of En gland 29
The Visit to the Dentist 31
Letter to a Frozen Peas Manufacturer 32
The Cornmeal 33
II
Two Undertakers 37
I Ask Mary About Her Friend, the Depressive, and
His Vacation 38
The Magic of the Train 39
Eating Fish Alone 40
Can't and Won't 46
Pouchet's Wife 47
Dinner 48
The Dog 49
The Grandmother 50
The Dreadful Mucamas 51
Reversible Story 61
A Woman, Thirty 62
How I Know What I Like (Six Versions) 63
Handel 64
The Force of the Subliminal 65
Her Geography: Alabama 67
The Funeral 68
The Husband- Seekers 69
In the Gallery 70
The Low Sun 71
The Landing 72
The Language of the Telephone Company 77
The Coachman and the Worm 78
Letter to a Marketing Manager 80
III
The Last of the Mohicans 85
Grade Two Assignment 86
Master 87
An Awkward Situation 88
House keeping Observation 90
The Execution 91
A Note from the Paperboy 92
In the Train Station 93
The Moon 94
My Footsteps 95
How I Read as Quickly as Possible Through My Back Issues
of the TLS 96
Notes During Long Phone Conversation with Mother 101
Men 102
Negative Emotions 103
I'm Pretty Comfortable, But I Could Be a Little
More Comfortable 105
Judgment 112
The Chairs 113
My Friend's Creation 114
The Piano 115
The Party 116
The Cows 118
The Exhibition 134
Letter to a Peppermint Candy Company 136
Her Geography: Illinois 139
IV
Ödön von Horváth Out Walking 143
On the Train 144
The Problem of the Vacuum Cleaner 145
The Seals 146
Learning Medieval History 171
My School Friend 172
The Piano Lesson 173
The Schoolchildren in the Large Building 174
The Sentence and the Young Man 175
Molly, Female Cat: History/Findings 176
The Letter to the Foundation 179
The Results of One Statistical Study 208
Revise: 1 209
Short Conversation (in Airport Departure Lounge) 210
Revise: 2 211
Left Luggage 212
Waiting for Takeoff 214
Industry 215
The Sky Above Los Angeles 216
Two Characters in a Paragraph 217
Swimming in Egypt 218
The Language of Things in the House 219
The Washerwomen 226
Letter to a Hotel Manager 227
Her Birthday 232
V
My Childhood Friend 235
Their Poor Dog 236
Hello Dear 238
Not Interested 239
Old Woman, Old Fish 242
Staying at the Pharmacist's 243
The Song 245
Two Former Students 246
A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates 247
The Woman Next to Me on the Airplane 251
Writing 252
Wrong Thank- You in Theater 253
The Rooster 254
Sitting with My Little Friend 256
The Old Soldier 257
Two Sligo Lads 259
The Woman in Red 260
If at the Wedding (at the Zoo) 261
The Gold Digger of Goldfi elds 264
The Old Vacuum Cleaner Keeps Dying on Her 266
Flaubert and Point of View 267
Family Shopping 269
Local Obits 270
Letter to the President of the American Biographical
Institute, Inc. 279
Nancy Brown Will Be in Town 282
Ph.D. 283
Notes and Acknowledgments 285
A Story of Stolen Salamis 3
The Dog Hair 4
Circular Story 5
Idea for a Sign 6
Bloomington 8
The Cook's Lesson 9
At the Bank 10
Awake in the Night 11
At the Bank: 2 12
The Two Davises and the Rug 13
Contingency (vs. Necessity) 18
Brief Incident in Short a, Long a, and Schwa 19
Contingency (vs. Necessity) 2: On Vacation 20
A Story Told to Me by a Friend 21
The Bad Novel 23
After You Left 24
The Bodyguard 26
The Child 27
The Churchyard 28
My Sister and the Queen of En gland 29
The Visit to the Dentist 31
Letter to a Frozen Peas Manufacturer 32
The Cornmeal 33
II
Two Undertakers 37
I Ask Mary About Her Friend, the Depressive, and
His Vacation 38
The Magic of the Train 39
Eating Fish Alone 40
Can't and Won't 46
Pouchet's Wife 47
Dinner 48
The Dog 49
The Grandmother 50
The Dreadful Mucamas 51
Reversible Story 61
A Woman, Thirty 62
How I Know What I Like (Six Versions) 63
Handel 64
The Force of the Subliminal 65
Her Geography: Alabama 67
The Funeral 68
The Husband- Seekers 69
In the Gallery 70
The Low Sun 71
The Landing 72
The Language of the Telephone Company 77
The Coachman and the Worm 78
Letter to a Marketing Manager 80
III
The Last of the Mohicans 85
Grade Two Assignment 86
Master 87
An Awkward Situation 88
House keeping Observation 90
The Execution 91
A Note from the Paperboy 92
In the Train Station 93
The Moon 94
My Footsteps 95
How I Read as Quickly as Possible Through My Back Issues
of the TLS 96
Notes During Long Phone Conversation with Mother 101
Men 102
Negative Emotions 103
I'm Pretty Comfortable, But I Could Be a Little
More Comfortable 105
Judgment 112
The Chairs 113
My Friend's Creation 114
The Piano 115
The Party 116
The Cows 118
The Exhibition 134
Letter to a Peppermint Candy Company 136
Her Geography: Illinois 139
IV
Ödön von Horváth Out Walking 143
On the Train 144
The Problem of the Vacuum Cleaner 145
The Seals 146
Learning Medieval History 171
My School Friend 172
The Piano Lesson 173
The Schoolchildren in the Large Building 174
The Sentence and the Young Man 175
Molly, Female Cat: History/Findings 176
The Letter to the Foundation 179
The Results of One Statistical Study 208
Revise: 1 209
Short Conversation (in Airport Departure Lounge) 210
Revise: 2 211
Left Luggage 212
Waiting for Takeoff 214
Industry 215
The Sky Above Los Angeles 216
Two Characters in a Paragraph 217
Swimming in Egypt 218
The Language of Things in the House 219
The Washerwomen 226
Letter to a Hotel Manager 227
Her Birthday 232
V
My Childhood Friend 235
Their Poor Dog 236
Hello Dear 238
Not Interested 239
Old Woman, Old Fish 242
Staying at the Pharmacist's 243
The Song 245
Two Former Students 246
A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates 247
The Woman Next to Me on the Airplane 251
Writing 252
Wrong Thank- You in Theater 253
The Rooster 254
Sitting with My Little Friend 256
The Old Soldier 257
Two Sligo Lads 259
The Woman in Red 260
If at the Wedding (at the Zoo) 261
The Gold Digger of Goldfi elds 264
The Old Vacuum Cleaner Keeps Dying on Her 266
Flaubert and Point of View 267
Family Shopping 269
Local Obits 270
Letter to the President of the American Biographical
Institute, Inc. 279
Nancy Brown Will Be in Town 282
Ph.D. 283
Notes and Acknowledgments 285