Similar to my experience with Barry Hannah's story collection, I read The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis with high expectations that almost guaranteed some level of disappointment.
Because her stories tend to be very short and to focus on a feeling rather than a narrative, I felt almost like I was reading a book of poetry, even though her prose style is not notably "poetic." I expected her to experiment with the form more than she does. Most of the stories were fundamentally traditional in nature, albeit with the compression of poetry.
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