{"product_id":"samuel-johnson-is-indignant-stories-9780312420567","title":"Samuel Johnson Is Indignant: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom one of our most imaginative and inventive writers, a crystalline collection of perfectly modulated, sometimes harrowing and often hilarious investigations into the multifaceted ways in which human beings perceive each other and themselves. A couple suspects their friends think them boring; a woman resolves to see herself as nothing but then concludes she's set too high a goal; and a funeral home receives a letter rebuking it for linguistic errors. Lydia Davis once again proves in the words of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \"one of the quiet giants in the world of American fiction.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lydia Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.31h x 5.51w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312420567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/29\/2002 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooksense '76 Jan\/Feb 2003\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2003 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLYDIA DAVIS\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of one novel and five story collections, including \u003ci\u003eVarieties of Disturbance\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award and most recently, \u003ci\u003eCan't and Won't\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the acclaimed translator of \u003ci\u003eSwann's Way\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e, both of which were awarded the French-American Foundation Translation Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Stories of Lydia Davis\u003c\/i\u003e was described by James Wood in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eas a \"grand cumulative achievement.\" She is the winner of the 2013 Man Booker International Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43190215016563,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":19.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_46410862-3544-49f9-82be-4e925a05b16c.jpg?v=1752318770","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/samuel-johnson-is-indignant-stories-9780312420567","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}