{"product_id":"varieties-of-disturbance-lydia-davis-9780374281731","title":"Varieties of Disturbance: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eLydia Davis has been called \"one of the quiet giants in the world of American fiction\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e), \"an American virtuoso of the short story form\" (\u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e), an innovator who attempts \"to remake the model of the modern short story\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). Her admirers include Grace Paley, Jonathan Franzen, and Zadie Smith; as \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine observed, her stories are \"moving . . . and somehow inevitable, as if she has written what we were all on the verge of thinking.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eVarieties of Disturbance\u003c\/i\u003e, her fourth collection, Davis extends her reach as never before in stories that take every form from sociological studies to concise poems. Her subjects include the five senses, fourth-graders, good taste, and tropical storms. She offers a reinterpretation of insomnia and re-creates the ordeals of Kafka in the kitchen. She questions the lengths to which one should go to save the life of a caterpillar, proposes a clear account of the sexual act, rides the bus, probes the limits of marital fidelity, and unlocks the secret to a long and happy life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo two of these fictions are alike. And yet in each, Davis rearranges our view of the world by looking beyond our preconceptions to a bizarre truth, a source of delight and surprise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eVarieties of Disturbance\u003c\/i\u003e is a 2007 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lydia Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374281734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374281731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/19\/2007 pg. 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2007 pg. 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2007 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/25\/2007 pg. 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/27\/2007 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/2007 pg. 12","brand":"Lydia Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051939197183,"sku":"9780374281731","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e0d7a8ec-02cf-4abc-ad01-a5254c2d4dec.jpg?v=1685016075","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/varieties-of-disturbance-lydia-davis-9780374281731","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}