Here, read these: https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/6230/five-stories-lydia-davis Now you’ve read a Lydia Davis story. But also, if you read my headline, you’ve already read a Lydia Davis story before. I am surprised that I liked this book. It is not a book designed for me to like, and maybe that’s because so many books like this, with very very short short stories are simply bad versions of what Lydia Davis does well. Because her background is not entirely in short fiction and because I really do respect her translation […]