Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis on her new collection of short stories, Our Strangers. Plus, the art of the literary conclusion.
Lydia Davis on the writing of Our Strangers - her first new collection of short stories in nearly a decade – and her love of close observation, careful refinement, and the very, very short story.
Plus the art of literary conclusions. As literary journal Freemans comes to an end after ten years, with a final conclusions themed edition, Editor John Freeman and Professor of English at UCL, John Mullan, discuss when and how to bring a literary work to a close.
Presenter: Chris Power
Producer: Emma Wallace
Book List - Sunday 8 October and Thursday 12 October
Endings:
Freeman’s: Conclusions by John Freeman
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Break it Down by Lydia Davis (short story)
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K Rowling
The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
Lydia Davis
Our Strangers by Lydia Davis
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
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