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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 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 selection of her essays for the first time in 2019 with Essays One. Now, Davis continues her non-fiction project with Essays Two. This edition will, for the first time, collect Lydia Davis's essays and talks on the art of translation, the experience of translating Proust, Flaubert and Michel Leiris, learning a foreign language through reading, and an extended immersion in the city of Arles. Davis, winner of the Man Booker International Prize for her fiction and finalist for the National Book Award, showcases her sharp literary mind and invaluable insight in this new collection of her nonfiction works.
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"With a closing essay about her fascination with the French city of Arles, Davis' articulation of her literary pursuits and processes will set kindred minds alight."
"The Proust essays, along with a pungent discussion of Flaubert, are the highlight of the collection ..."
"The shift from the abstract to the local and concrete is typical."
"Thorough, idiosyncratic, and inimitable, Davis is the kind of intelligent and attentive reader a book is lucky to find."
"Is it the most efficient form of pedagogy?"
"Davis's adventures in translation are full of such realizations, and the lessons they sustain are encouraging."
"Far and away the best and most fascinating section here is the one on 'Translating Proust' ..."
"Her goal of staying as close as possible to the vocabulary of the original novels leads her far down the path of etymology, both in English and in French ..."
"For those wondering what translators do and how they do it, this collection is a must."
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