Loving these short short stories by Lydia Davis.
What are you reading this weekend?
#currentread #lydiadavis #ourstrangers #booksky
What are you reading this weekend?
#currentread #lydiadavis #ourstrangers #booksky
April 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Loving these short short stories by Lydia Davis.
What are you reading this weekend?
#currentread #lydiadavis #ourstrangers #booksky
What are you reading this weekend?
#currentread #lydiadavis #ourstrangers #booksky
The little cardboard berries burst open, the binding wire twisted, the braid melted; and the shriveled paper petals, hovering along the fireback like black butterflies, at last flew away up the chimney.
—Madame Bovary
#GustaveFlaubert #metaphor #grotesque #translation #LydiaDavis #isabellehupert
—Madame Bovary
#GustaveFlaubert #metaphor #grotesque #translation #LydiaDavis #isabellehupert
March 15, 2025 at 5:45 AM
The little cardboard berries burst open, the binding wire twisted, the braid melted; and the shriveled paper petals, hovering along the fireback like black butterflies, at last flew away up the chimney.
—Madame Bovary
#GustaveFlaubert #metaphor #grotesque #translation #LydiaDavis #isabellehupert
—Madame Bovary
#GustaveFlaubert #metaphor #grotesque #translation #LydiaDavis #isabellehupert
“Then, although it was still the end of the story, I put it at the beginning of the novel, as if I needed to tell the end first in order to go on and tell the rest.”
This month we are reading The End of the Story by Lydia Davis. Grab a copy and get reading.
#LydiaDavis #BookQuotes #Books #Reading
This month we are reading The End of the Story by Lydia Davis. Grab a copy and get reading.
#LydiaDavis #BookQuotes #Books #Reading
August 31, 2026 at 8:36 AM
“Then, although it was still the end of the story, I put it at the beginning of the novel, as if I needed to tell the end first in order to go on and tell the rest.”
This month we are reading The End of the Story by Lydia Davis. Grab a copy and get reading.
#LydiaDavis #BookQuotes #Books #Reading
This month we are reading The End of the Story by Lydia Davis. Grab a copy and get reading.
#LydiaDavis #BookQuotes #Books #Reading
“I often chose to do the wrong thing and feel bad about it rather than to do the right thing, if the wrong thing was what I wanted.”
This month we are reading The End of the Story by Lydia Davis. Grab a copy and get reading.
#LydiaDavis #TheEndOfTheStory #BookClub #BookQuotes
This month we are reading The End of the Story by Lydia Davis. Grab a copy and get reading.
#LydiaDavis #TheEndOfTheStory #BookClub #BookQuotes
August 25, 2026 at 3:20 AM
“I often chose to do the wrong thing and feel bad about it rather than to do the right thing, if the wrong thing was what I wanted.”
This month we are reading The End of the Story by Lydia Davis. Grab a copy and get reading.
#LydiaDavis #TheEndOfTheStory #BookClub #BookQuotes
This month we are reading The End of the Story by Lydia Davis. Grab a copy and get reading.
#LydiaDavis #TheEndOfTheStory #BookClub #BookQuotes
#TheCollectedStoriesofLydiaDavis
#LydiaDavis
Because you know all about it before you even go into this thing. You know the pain is part of the whole thing…the question really is,Why doesn't that pain make you say,I won't do it again? When the pain is so bad that you have to say that,but you don’t.
#LydiaDavis
Because you know all about it before you even go into this thing. You know the pain is part of the whole thing…the question really is,Why doesn't that pain make you say,I won't do it again? When the pain is so bad that you have to say that,but you don’t.
April 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
#TheCollectedStoriesofLydiaDavis
#LydiaDavis
Because you know all about it before you even go into this thing. You know the pain is part of the whole thing…the question really is,Why doesn't that pain make you say,I won't do it again? When the pain is so bad that you have to say that,but you don’t.
#LydiaDavis
Because you know all about it before you even go into this thing. You know the pain is part of the whole thing…the question really is,Why doesn't that pain make you say,I won't do it again? When the pain is so bad that you have to say that,but you don’t.
EX LIBRIS IRMC – books from my personal library
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis is American. She writes short stories and is also a novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages.
#flashfiction #lydiadavis #exlibrisirmc
@ ellahwakatama
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis is American. She writes short stories and is also a novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages.
#flashfiction #lydiadavis #exlibrisirmc
@ ellahwakatama
June 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
EX LIBRIS IRMC – books from my personal library
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis is American. She writes short stories and is also a novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages.
#flashfiction #lydiadavis #exlibrisirmc
@ ellahwakatama
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis is American. She writes short stories and is also a novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages.
#flashfiction #lydiadavis #exlibrisirmc
@ ellahwakatama
#TheCollectedStoriesofLydiaDavis
#LydiaDavis
I was absorbed in watching what passed before me…I was a mere shadow of myself, lagging behind for an instant, caught in the light; soon the strap would tighten and I would be gone, flying in pursuit of myself: for the moment, I was at liberty.
#LydiaDavis
I was absorbed in watching what passed before me…I was a mere shadow of myself, lagging behind for an instant, caught in the light; soon the strap would tighten and I would be gone, flying in pursuit of myself: for the moment, I was at liberty.
April 30, 2026 at 10:59 AM
#TheCollectedStoriesofLydiaDavis
#LydiaDavis
I was absorbed in watching what passed before me…I was a mere shadow of myself, lagging behind for an instant, caught in the light; soon the strap would tighten and I would be gone, flying in pursuit of myself: for the moment, I was at liberty.
#LydiaDavis
I was absorbed in watching what passed before me…I was a mere shadow of myself, lagging behind for an instant, caught in the light; soon the strap would tighten and I would be gone, flying in pursuit of myself: for the moment, I was at liberty.
“I relived it so often, it might have happened just so that I could relive it later.”
There is still time to grab a copy of The End of the Story by Lydia Davis before we meet on the first Wednesday in September.
#LydiaDavis #TheEndOfTheStory #BookClub #BookQuotes
There is still time to grab a copy of The End of the Story by Lydia Davis before we meet on the first Wednesday in September.
#LydiaDavis #TheEndOfTheStory #BookClub #BookQuotes
August 25, 2026 at 5:42 AM
“I relived it so often, it might have happened just so that I could relive it later.”
There is still time to grab a copy of The End of the Story by Lydia Davis before we meet on the first Wednesday in September.
#LydiaDavis #TheEndOfTheStory #BookClub #BookQuotes
There is still time to grab a copy of The End of the Story by Lydia Davis before we meet on the first Wednesday in September.
#LydiaDavis #TheEndOfTheStory #BookClub #BookQuotes
“Maybe I did not want to have to choose a place to start, maybe I wanted all the parts of the story to be told at the same time.”
This month we are reading The End of the Story by Lydia Davis. Grab a copy and get reading.
#LydiaDavis #TheEndOfTheStory #BookQuotes #BookClub
This month we are reading The End of the Story by Lydia Davis. Grab a copy and get reading.
#LydiaDavis #TheEndOfTheStory #BookQuotes #BookClub
August 26, 2026 at 3:02 PM
“Maybe I did not want to have to choose a place to start, maybe I wanted all the parts of the story to be told at the same time.”
This month we are reading The End of the Story by Lydia Davis. Grab a copy and get reading.
#LydiaDavis #TheEndOfTheStory #BookQuotes #BookClub
This month we are reading The End of the Story by Lydia Davis. Grab a copy and get reading.
#LydiaDavis #TheEndOfTheStory #BookQuotes #BookClub
…you'll hear a noise…like her cry…and make that connection in a part of you you have no control over and the pain comes back so hard that you're afraid, afraid of how you're falling back into it again…you're terrified to ask how you're ever going to climb out of it.
#BreakItDown
#LydiaDavis
#BreakItDown
#LydiaDavis
August 4, 2024 at 6:40 PM
…you'll hear a noise…like her cry…and make that connection in a part of you you have no control over and the pain comes back so hard that you're afraid, afraid of how you're falling back into it again…you're terrified to ask how you're ever going to climb out of it.
#BreakItDown
#LydiaDavis
#BreakItDown
#LydiaDavis
🤔 Überlegte gestern, dem Hersteller eines (wirksamen!) Pflasterreste-Entfernungsmittels zu schreiben, dass die Gebrauchsanweisung einen eklatanten Fehler enthält.
Fühle mich nun ermutigt durch Lydia Davis, die öfter Beschwerdebriefe schreibt, einst an einen Tiefkühlerbsenproduzenten.🫛
#LydiaDavis
Fühle mich nun ermutigt durch Lydia Davis, die öfter Beschwerdebriefe schreibt, einst an einen Tiefkühlerbsenproduzenten.🫛
#LydiaDavis
September 4, 2026 at 5:19 AM
🤔 Überlegte gestern, dem Hersteller eines (wirksamen!) Pflasterreste-Entfernungsmittels zu schreiben, dass die Gebrauchsanweisung einen eklatanten Fehler enthält.
Fühle mich nun ermutigt durch Lydia Davis, die öfter Beschwerdebriefe schreibt, einst an einen Tiefkühlerbsenproduzenten.🫛
#LydiaDavis
Fühle mich nun ermutigt durch Lydia Davis, die öfter Beschwerdebriefe schreibt, einst an einen Tiefkühlerbsenproduzenten.🫛
#LydiaDavis
#LydiaDavis talking about her experience of translating Proust, differences from Scott Moncrief's version. #duke #FranklinCenter
November 25, 2024 at 12:06 PM
#LydiaDavis talking about her experience of translating Proust, differences from Scott Moncrief's version. #duke #FranklinCenter
Hey @sarabandebooks: I got my very own copy of THE COWS in the mail today. I am bouncing in my desk chair with excitement! #lydiadavis
November 23, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Hey @sarabandebooks: I got my very own copy of THE COWS in the mail today. I am bouncing in my desk chair with excitement! #lydiadavis
#TheCollectedStoriesofLydiaDavis
#LydiaDavis
People of all ages are hired by the city to act as lunatics so that the rest of us will feel sane…These jobs have all been filled…Naturally some…lunatics have no trouble holding down two jobs at once by wearing strange hats as they lope and shuffle along.
#LydiaDavis
People of all ages are hired by the city to act as lunatics so that the rest of us will feel sane…These jobs have all been filled…Naturally some…lunatics have no trouble holding down two jobs at once by wearing strange hats as they lope and shuffle along.
April 21, 2026 at 8:34 PM
#TheCollectedStoriesofLydiaDavis
#LydiaDavis
People of all ages are hired by the city to act as lunatics so that the rest of us will feel sane…These jobs have all been filled…Naturally some…lunatics have no trouble holding down two jobs at once by wearing strange hats as they lope and shuffle along.
#LydiaDavis
People of all ages are hired by the city to act as lunatics so that the rest of us will feel sane…These jobs have all been filled…Naturally some…lunatics have no trouble holding down two jobs at once by wearing strange hats as they lope and shuffle along.
He lived in a house where he could never find the kitchen in the mornings. He learned to subsist on the crackers under his bed #LydiaDavis
December 17, 2024 at 9:07 PM
He lived in a house where he could never find the kitchen in the mornings. He learned to subsist on the crackers under his bed #LydiaDavis
She had to return a library book in the middle of a short story. The rest of her life was spent wondering how it might have ended#LydiaDavis
December 17, 2024 at 9:07 PM
She had to return a library book in the middle of a short story. The rest of her life was spent wondering how it might have ended#LydiaDavis
"Of course there might have been another explanation for what I heard." You think? #LydiaDavis
December 17, 2024 at 9:03 PM
"Of course there might have been another explanation for what I heard." You think? #LydiaDavis
"Last night Mildred, my neighbor on the floor below, masturbated with an oboe." #LydiaDavis #ShortStories
December 17, 2024 at 9:03 PM
"Last night Mildred, my neighbor on the floor below, masturbated with an oboe." #LydiaDavis #ShortStories