The Resource Can't and won't, Lydia Davis
Can't and won't, Lydia Davis
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- Summary
- A fifth collection by the author of the National Book Award finalist, Varieties of Disturbance, includes pithy one-liners, exploratory observations and letters of complaint, including "A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates," in which a professor is stymied by her choices
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xi, 289 pages
- Contents
-
- At the bank: 2
- The two Davises and the rug
- Contingency (vs. necessity)
- Brief incident in short a, long a, and schwa
- Contingency (vs. necessity) 2: on vacation
- A story told to me by a friend
- The bad novel
- After you left
- The bodyguard
- The child
- A story of stolen salamis
- The churchyard
- My sister and the Queen of England
- The visit to the dentist
- Letter to a frozen peas manufacturer
- The cornmeal
- Two undertakers
- I ask Mary about her friend, the depressive, and his vacation
- The magic of the train
- Eating fish alone
- Can't and Won't
- The dog hair
- Pouchet's wife
- Dinner
- The dog
- The grandmother
- The dreadful mucamas
- Reversible story
- A woman, thirty
- How I know what I like (six versions)
- Handel
- The force of the subliminal
- Circular story
- Her geography: Alabama
- The funeral
- The husband-seekers
- In the gallery
- The low sun
- The landing
- The language of the telephone company
- The coachman and the worm
- Letter to a marketing manager
- The last of the Mohicans
- Idea for a sign
- Grade two assignment
- Master --
- Bloomington
- The cook's lesson
- At the bank
- Awake in the night
- Notes during long phone conversation with mother
- Men
- Negative emotions
- I'm pretty comfortable, but I could be a little more comfortable
- Judgement
- The chairs
- My friend's creation
- The piano
- The party
- The cows
- An awkward situation
- The exhibition
- Letter to a peppermint candy company
- Her geography: Illinois
- Odon von Horvath out walking
- On the train
- The problem of the vacuum cleaner
- The seals
- Learning medieval history
- My school friend
- The piano lesson
- Housekeeping observation
- The schoolchildren in the large building
- The sentence and the young man
- Molly, female cat: history/findings
- The letter to the foundation
- The results of one statistical study
- Revise: 1
- Short conversation (in airport departure lounge)
- Revise: 2
- Left luggage
- Waiting for takeoff
- The execution
- Industry
- The sky above Los Angeles
- Two characters in a paragraph
- Swimming in Egypt
- The language of things in the house
- The washerwomen
- Letter to a hotel manager
- Her birthday
- My childhood friend
- Their poor dog
- A note from the paperboy
- Hello dear
- Not interested --
- In the train station
- The moon
- My footsteps
- How I read as quickly as possible through my back issues of the TLS
- The rooster
- Sitting with my little friend
- The old soldier
- Two sligo lads
- The woman in red
- If at the wedding (at the zoo)
- The gold digger of Goldfields
- The old vacuum cleaner keeps dying on her
- Flaubert and point of view
- Family shopping
- Old woman, old fish
- Local obits
- Letter to the president of the American Biographical Institute, Inc.
- Nancy Brown will be in town
- Ph.D
- Staying at the pharmacist's
- The song
- Two former students
- A small story about a small box of chocolates
- The woman next to me on the airplane
- Writing
- Wrong thank-you in theater
- Isbn
- 9780374118587
- Label
- Can't and won't
- Title
- Can't and won't
- Statement of responsibility
- Lydia Davis
- Title variation
- Cannot and will not
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A fifth collection by the author of the National Book Award finalist, Varieties of Disturbance, includes pithy one-liners, exploratory observations and letters of complaint, including "A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates," in which a professor is stymied by her choices
- Awards note
- Man Booker International Prize, 2013
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Davis, Lydia
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3554.A9356
- LC item number
- A6 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Short stories
- Short stories
- Kurzgeschichte
- Kürzestgeschichte
- Amerikanisches Englisch
- Label
- Can't and won't, Lydia Davis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-289)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- At the bank: 2
- The two Davises and the rug
- Contingency (vs. necessity)
- Brief incident in short a, long a, and schwa
- Contingency (vs. necessity) 2: on vacation
- A story told to me by a friend
- The bad novel
- After you left
- The bodyguard
- The child
- A story of stolen salamis
- The churchyard
- My sister and the Queen of England
- The visit to the dentist
- Letter to a frozen peas manufacturer
- The cornmeal
- Two undertakers
- I ask Mary about her friend, the depressive, and his vacation
- The magic of the train
- Eating fish alone
- Can't and Won't
- The dog hair
- Pouchet's wife
- Dinner
- The dog
- The grandmother
- The dreadful mucamas
- Reversible story
- A woman, thirty
- How I know what I like (six versions)
- Handel
- The force of the subliminal
- Circular story
- Her geography: Alabama
- The funeral
- The husband-seekers
- In the gallery
- The low sun
- The landing
- The language of the telephone company
- The coachman and the worm
- Letter to a marketing manager
- The last of the Mohicans
- Idea for a sign
- Grade two assignment
- Master --
- Bloomington
- The cook's lesson
- At the bank
- Awake in the night
- Notes during long phone conversation with mother
- Men
- Negative emotions
- I'm pretty comfortable, but I could be a little more comfortable
- Judgement
- The chairs
- My friend's creation
- The piano
- The party
- The cows
- An awkward situation
- The exhibition
- Letter to a peppermint candy company
- Her geography: Illinois
- Odon von Horvath out walking
- On the train
- The problem of the vacuum cleaner
- The seals
- Learning medieval history
- My school friend
- The piano lesson
- Housekeeping observation
- The schoolchildren in the large building
- The sentence and the young man
- Molly, female cat: history/findings
- The letter to the foundation
- The results of one statistical study
- Revise: 1
- Short conversation (in airport departure lounge)
- Revise: 2
- Left luggage
- Waiting for takeoff
- The execution
- Industry
- The sky above Los Angeles
- Two characters in a paragraph
- Swimming in Egypt
- The language of things in the house
- The washerwomen
- Letter to a hotel manager
- Her birthday
- My childhood friend
- Their poor dog
- A note from the paperboy
- Hello dear
- Not interested --
- In the train station
- The moon
- My footsteps
- How I read as quickly as possible through my back issues of the TLS
- The rooster
- Sitting with my little friend
- The old soldier
- Two sligo lads
- The woman in red
- If at the wedding (at the zoo)
- The gold digger of Goldfields
- The old vacuum cleaner keeps dying on her
- Flaubert and point of view
- Family shopping
- Old woman, old fish
- Local obits
- Letter to the president of the American Biographical Institute, Inc.
- Nancy Brown will be in town
- Ph.D
- Staying at the pharmacist's
- The song
- Two former students
- A small story about a small box of chocolates
- The woman next to me on the airplane
- Writing
- Wrong thank-you in theater
- Control code
- 846545526
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xi, 289 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374118587
- Lccn
- 2013033909
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)846545526
- Label
- Can't and won't, Lydia Davis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-289)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- At the bank: 2
- The two Davises and the rug
- Contingency (vs. necessity)
- Brief incident in short a, long a, and schwa
- Contingency (vs. necessity) 2: on vacation
- A story told to me by a friend
- The bad novel
- After you left
- The bodyguard
- The child
- A story of stolen salamis
- The churchyard
- My sister and the Queen of England
- The visit to the dentist
- Letter to a frozen peas manufacturer
- The cornmeal
- Two undertakers
- I ask Mary about her friend, the depressive, and his vacation
- The magic of the train
- Eating fish alone
- Can't and Won't
- The dog hair
- Pouchet's wife
- Dinner
- The dog
- The grandmother
- The dreadful mucamas
- Reversible story
- A woman, thirty
- How I know what I like (six versions)
- Handel
- The force of the subliminal
- Circular story
- Her geography: Alabama
- The funeral
- The husband-seekers
- In the gallery
- The low sun
- The landing
- The language of the telephone company
- The coachman and the worm
- Letter to a marketing manager
- The last of the Mohicans
- Idea for a sign
- Grade two assignment
- Master --
- Bloomington
- The cook's lesson
- At the bank
- Awake in the night
- Notes during long phone conversation with mother
- Men
- Negative emotions
- I'm pretty comfortable, but I could be a little more comfortable
- Judgement
- The chairs
- My friend's creation
- The piano
- The party
- The cows
- An awkward situation
- The exhibition
- Letter to a peppermint candy company
- Her geography: Illinois
- Odon von Horvath out walking
- On the train
- The problem of the vacuum cleaner
- The seals
- Learning medieval history
- My school friend
- The piano lesson
- Housekeeping observation
- The schoolchildren in the large building
- The sentence and the young man
- Molly, female cat: history/findings
- The letter to the foundation
- The results of one statistical study
- Revise: 1
- Short conversation (in airport departure lounge)
- Revise: 2
- Left luggage
- Waiting for takeoff
- The execution
- Industry
- The sky above Los Angeles
- Two characters in a paragraph
- Swimming in Egypt
- The language of things in the house
- The washerwomen
- Letter to a hotel manager
- Her birthday
- My childhood friend
- Their poor dog
- A note from the paperboy
- Hello dear
- Not interested --
- In the train station
- The moon
- My footsteps
- How I read as quickly as possible through my back issues of the TLS
- The rooster
- Sitting with my little friend
- The old soldier
- Two sligo lads
- The woman in red
- If at the wedding (at the zoo)
- The gold digger of Goldfields
- The old vacuum cleaner keeps dying on her
- Flaubert and point of view
- Family shopping
- Old woman, old fish
- Local obits
- Letter to the president of the American Biographical Institute, Inc.
- Nancy Brown will be in town
- Ph.D
- Staying at the pharmacist's
- The song
- Two former students
- A small story about a small box of chocolates
- The woman next to me on the airplane
- Writing
- Wrong thank-you in theater
- Control code
- 846545526
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xi, 289 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374118587
- Lccn
- 2013033909
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)846545526
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