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Samuel Johnson Is Indignant: Stories by Lydia Davis


My rating: 2 of 5 stars
These extremely short stories are certainly well crafted, and Davis has a bone-dry wit. But few of these selections engaged me. I felt like I was reading an author's exercises in minimalism instead of anything with a point to make about the human condition, "Letter to a Funeral Parlor" being one of the few exceptions.

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