The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis Condition:Like New With bold imagery and an

With bold imagery and an ear tuned to the music of Homer's epic poem

offering a magical

Readings from the pre-Scientific Revolution

to the creamy homemade ice cream called kulfi

a book on how some systems actually benefit from disorder

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis Condition:Like New With bold imagery and anLydia Davis is one of our most original and influential writers. She has been called an American virtuoso of the short story form (Salon) and one of the quiet giants . . . of American fiction (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Now, for the first time, Daviss short stories will be collected in one volume, from the groundbreaking Break It Down (1986) to the 2007 National Book Award nominee Varieties of Disturbance. The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis is