I bought Breaking It Down and I am intrigued and delighted with this author's compositions. I found a link to the first 3 short stories. I am especially interested to see what the Outpost conoscenti think about this:

Lydia Davis Experimental Fiction

I think The Fears of Mrs Orlando is my favorite of the 3. All 3 are only 16 pages.

“I AM SIMPLY NOT INTERESTED, AT THIS POINT, IN CREATING NARRATIVE SCENES BETWEEN CHARACTERS.” Lydia Davis

http://www.believermag.com/issues/200801/?read=interview_davis

 

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WTF?

Bonk's tales are a better read than that.

I can't imagine anyone paying money.

 

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Are you part of the conoscenti, or "people with informed appreciation of a particular field, esp in the fine arts; connoisseurs?" If not, I can accept disagreement. However, you should frame your disagreement in something called an argument (i.e. a claim, I dislike this story because of this reason).

What you have given is something much less.

 

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I can tell why you like them. I don't think I'd go out of my way to read them, but I think they are honest. At least to the way the author thinks. They seem sincere to me.

 

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I I I I I I I I...

Huge run-on sentences combined into run-on paragraphs.





The ramblings of insanity. Edit: Or maybe a 2nd grader.

 

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