{"product_id":"essays-two-on-proust-translation-foreign-languages-and-the-city-of-arles-paperback","title":"Essays Two: On Proust, Translation, Foreign Languages, and the City of Arles - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLydia Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of essays on translation, foreign languages, Proust, and one French city, from the master short-fiction writer and acclaimed translator Lydia Davis \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEssays One\u003c\/i\u003e, Lydia Davis, who has been called \"a magician of self-consciousness\" by Jonathan Franzen and \"the best prose stylist in America\" by Rick Moody, gathered a generous selection of her essays about best writing practices, representations of Jesus, early tourist photographs, and much more. \u003ci\u003eEssays Two\u003c\/i\u003e collects Davis's writings and talks on her second profession: the art of translation. The award-winning translator from the French reflects on her experience translating Proust (\"A work of creation in its own right.\" --Claire Messud, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e (\"[Flaubert's] masterwork has been given the English translation it deserves.\" --Kathryn Harrison, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), and Michel Leiris (\"Magnificent.\" --Tim Watson, \u003ci\u003ePublic Books\u003c\/i\u003e). She also makes an extended visit to the French city of Arles, and writes about the varied adventures of learning Norwegian, Dutch, and Spanish through reading and translation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavis, a 2003 MacArthur Fellow and the winner of the 2013 Man Booker International Prize for her fiction, here focuses her unique intelligence and idiosyncratic ways of understanding on the endlessly complex relations between languages. Together with \u003ci\u003eEssays One\u003c\/i\u003e, this provocative and delightful volume cements her status as one of our most original and beguiling writers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLydia Davis \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eEssays One\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of essays on writing, reading, art, memory, and the Bible. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of the Story: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e and many story collections, including \u003ci\u003eVarieties of Disturbance\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award for Fiction; \u003ci\u003eCan't and Won't\u003c\/i\u003e (2014); and \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Stories of Lydia Davis\u003c\/i\u003e, described by James Wood in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e as \"a grand cumulative achievement.\" Davis is also the acclaimed translator of \u003ci\u003eSwann's Way\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e, both awarded the French-American Foundation Translation Prize, and of many other works of literature. She has been named both a Chevalier and an Officier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government, and in 2020 she received the PEN\/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.4 x 7 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766368665888,"sku":"9781250858825","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8915db42d4e6fb83d3220920776665ae.webp?v=1780291337","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/essays-two-on-proust-translation-foreign-languages-and-the-city-of-arles-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}