Can't and Won't

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Davis, Lydia 저자(글)

Picador USA · 2015년 03월 31일

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저자(글) Davis, Lydia

1947년 미국 노샘프턴에서 태어났다. 작가이자 번역가로, 1986년부터 2007년까지 『분석하다』, 『거의 없는 기억』, 『새뮤얼 존슨은 분개한다』, 『불안의 변이들』 등 네 권의 소설집을 출간했다. 그 밖에 『Can’t와 Won’t』, 『이야기의 끝』 등을 썼고, 글쓰기와 독서, 번역, 언어에 대한 생각을 담은 두 권의 에세이집을 출간했다. 2013년 맨부커상을, 2020년 펜/말라무드 상을 수상했다. 또한 프랑스어 번역가로 사르트르와 블랑쇼, 플로베르, 프루스트의 작품들을 영어로 옮겼다.

목차

• I
  A Story of Stolen Salamis 3
  The Dog Hair 4
  Circular Story 5
  Idea for a Sign 6
  Bloomington 8
  The Cook's Lesson 9
  At the Bank 10
  Awake in the Night 11
  At the Bank: 2 12
  The Two Davises and the Rug 13
  Contingency (vs. Necessity) 18
  Brief Incident in Short a, Long a, and Schwa 19
  Contingency (vs. Necessity) 2: On Vacation 20
  A Story Told to Me by a Friend 21
  The Bad Novel 23
  After You Left 24
  The Bodyguard 26
  The Child 27
  The Churchyard 28
  My Sister and the Queen of En gland 29
  The Visit to the Dentist 31
  Letter to a Frozen Peas Manufacturer 32
  The Cornmeal 33
  
  II
  Two Undertakers 37
  I Ask Mary About Her Friend, the Depressive, and
  His Vacation 38
  The Magic of the Train 39
  Eating Fish Alone 40
  Can't and Won't 46
  Pouchet's Wife 47
  Dinner 48
  The Dog 49
  The Grandmother 50
  The Dreadful Mucamas 51
  Reversible Story 61
  A Woman, Thirty 62
  How I Know What I Like (Six Versions) 63
  Handel 64
  The Force of the Subliminal 65
  Her Geography: Alabama 67
  The Funeral 68
  The Husband- Seekers 69
  In the Gallery 70
  The Low Sun 71
  The Landing 72
  The Language of the Telephone Company 77
  The Coachman and the Worm 78
  Letter to a Marketing Manager 80
  
  III
  The Last of the Mohicans 85
  Grade Two Assignment 86
  Master 87
  An Awkward Situation 88
  House keeping Observation 90
  The Execution 91
  A Note from the Paperboy 92
  In the Train Station 93
  The Moon 94
  My Footsteps 95
  How I Read as Quickly as Possible Through My Back Issues
  of the TLS 96
  Notes During Long Phone Conversation with Mother 101
  Men 102
  Negative Emotions 103
  I'm Pretty Comfortable, But I Could Be a Little
  More Comfortable 105
  Judgment 112
  The Chairs 113
  My Friend's Creation 114
  The Piano 115
  The Party 116
  The Cows 118
  The Exhibition 134
  Letter to a Peppermint Candy Company 136
  Her Geography: Illinois 139
  
  IV
  Ödoen von Horvath Out Walking 143
  On the Train 144
  The Problem of the Vacuum Cleaner 145
  The Seals 146
  Learning Medieval History 171
  My School Friend 172
  The Piano Lesson 173
  The Schoolchildren in the Large Building 174
  The Sentence and the Young Man 175
  Molly, Female Cat: History/Findings 176
  The Letter to the Foundation 179
  The Results of One Statistical Study 208
  Revise: 1 209
  Short Conversation (in Airport Departure Lounge) 210
  Revise: 2 211
  Left Luggage 212
  Waiting for Takeoff 214
  Industry 215
  The Sky Above Los Angeles 216
  Two Characters in a Paragraph 217
  Swimming in Egypt 218
  The Language of Things in the House 219
  The Washerwomen 226
  Letter to a Hotel Manager 227
  Her Birthday 232
  
  V
  My Childhood Friend 235
  Their Poor Dog 236
  Hello Dear 238
  Not Interested 239
  Old Woman, Old Fish 242
  Staying at the Pharmacist's 243
  The Song 245
  Two Former Students 246
  A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates 247
  The Woman Next to Me on the Airplane 251
  Writing 252
  Wrong Thank- You in Theater 253
  The Rooster 254
  Sitting with My Little Friend 256
  The Old Soldier 257
  Two Sligo Lads 259
  The Woman in Red 260
  If at the Wedding (at the Zoo) 261
  The Gold Digger of Goldfi elds 264
  The Old Vacuum Cleaner Keeps Dying on Her 266
  Flaubert and Point of View 267
  Family Shopping 269
  Local Obits 270
  Letter to the President of the American Biographical
  Institute, Inc. 279
  Nancy Brown Will Be in Town 282
  Ph.D. 283
  Notes and Acknowledgments 285

기본정보

ISBN	9781250062437 ( 1250062438 )
발행(출시)일자	2015년 03월 31일
쪽수	304쪽
크기	137 * 208 * 25 mm / 227 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어