<DIV><DIV>A <I>NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW</I> EDITORS' CHOICE<BR>A <I>LOS ANGELES TIMES</I> FICTION FAVORITE FOR 2009<BR>A <I>SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE</I> BEST BOOK OF 2009<BR><BR>Lydia Davis is one of our most original and influential writers, a storyteller celebrated for her emotional acuity, her formal inventiveness, and her ability to capture the mind in overdrive. She has been called “an American virtuoso of the short story form” (<I>Salon.com</I>) and “one of the quiet giants . . . of American fiction” (<I>Los Angeles Times Book Review</I>). This volume contains all her stories to date, from the acclaimed <I>Break It Down </I>(1986) to the 2007 National Book Award nominee <I>Varieties of Disturbance</I>. <BR><BR><I>The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis </I>is an event in American letters. <P></P></DIV></DIV>