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Discover 'The End of the Story', the captivating novel by renowned author Lydia Davis, showcasing the complexities of memory and love. In this extraordinary B-format paperback, the unnamed narrator navigates through mislabelled boxes and confusing notes as she attempts to compile her memories of a love affair into a cohesive narrative. Published by Penguin UK in 2015, this literary gem spans 240 pages and was hailed as 'extraordinary' by Newsday and 'breathtakingly elegant' by Details.
As the narrative unfolds, readers gain insight into the narrator’s intimate reflections and emotional struggles. Davis, a distinguished winner of the Man Booker International Prize in 2013, pens this thought-provoking first novel with unmatched clarity and precision. With wit and vulnerability, she builds an engaging exploration of how reality intertwines with memory, leading to a potent examination of identity and self-discovery.
Back in print and as poignant as ever, 'The End of the Story' is essential reading for those who appreciate literary fiction that celebrates the art of storytelling. Immerse yourself in a book that challenges your perceptions, invites deep reflection, and lingers long after the last page is turned.
**Delivery Information**: This product is Brand New and ships securely. Expect prompt delivery and a quality shopping experience to enrich your literary collection. Don't miss out on this must-read contemporary classic.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780241205457
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2015
Publisher: Penguin UK
Pages: 240
Description:
Mislabelled boxes, confusing notes, wrong turnings - such are the obstacles in the way of the unnamed narrator ofThe End of the Storyas she organises her memories of a love affair into a novel.
The first and only novel by Lydia Davis, winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2013.
'It surprised me, over and over, to find that I was with such a young man. He was twenty-two when I met him. He turned twenty-three while I knew him, but by the time I turned thirty-five I did not know where he was anymore.'
Mislabelled boxes, confusing notes, wrong turnings - such are the obstacles in the way of the unnamed narrator of The End of the Story as she organises her memories of a love affair into a novel. With compassion, wit and what seems to be candour, she seeks to determine what she actually knows about herself and her past, but we begin to suspect, along with her, that given the elusiveness of memory and understanding, any tale retrieved from the past must be fiction
Back in print at last, this is Lydia Davis's first - and so far only - novel.
'Extraordinary' Newsday
'Brilliant' New Yorker
'Breathtakingly elegant' Details
'Beautifully written' Marie Claire
'Astonishing' Elle
Lydia Davis is the author of Collected Stories, one novel and six short story collections, most recently Can't and Won't. She is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and was named an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government for her fiction and her translations of modern writers, including Gustave Flaubert and Marcel Proust. She won th
As the narrative unfolds, readers gain insight into the narrator’s intimate reflections and emotional struggles. Davis, a distinguished winner of the Man Booker International Prize in 2013, pens this thought-provoking first novel with unmatched clarity and precision. With wit and vulnerability, she builds an engaging exploration of how reality intertwines with memory, leading to a potent examination of identity and self-discovery.
Back in print and as poignant as ever, 'The End of the Story' is essential reading for those who appreciate literary fiction that celebrates the art of storytelling. Immerse yourself in a book that challenges your perceptions, invites deep reflection, and lingers long after the last page is turned.
**Delivery Information**: This product is Brand New and ships securely. Expect prompt delivery and a quality shopping experience to enrich your literary collection. Don't miss out on this must-read contemporary classic.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780241205457
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2015
Publisher: Penguin UK
Pages: 240
Description:
Mislabelled boxes, confusing notes, wrong turnings - such are the obstacles in the way of the unnamed narrator ofThe End of the Storyas she organises her memories of a love affair into a novel.
The first and only novel by Lydia Davis, winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2013.
'It surprised me, over and over, to find that I was with such a young man. He was twenty-two when I met him. He turned twenty-three while I knew him, but by the time I turned thirty-five I did not know where he was anymore.'
Mislabelled boxes, confusing notes, wrong turnings - such are the obstacles in the way of the unnamed narrator of The End of the Story as she organises her memories of a love affair into a novel. With compassion, wit and what seems to be candour, she seeks to determine what she actually knows about herself and her past, but we begin to suspect, along with her, that given the elusiveness of memory and understanding, any tale retrieved from the past must be fiction
Back in print at last, this is Lydia Davis's first - and so far only - novel.
'Extraordinary' Newsday
'Brilliant' New Yorker
'Breathtakingly elegant' Details
'Beautifully written' Marie Claire
'Astonishing' Elle
Lydia Davis is the author of Collected Stories, one novel and six short story collections, most recently Can't and Won't. She is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and was named an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government for her fiction and her translations of modern writers, including Gustave Flaubert and Marcel Proust. She won th