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Lydia Davis on Language and Literature

23 Mar 2022 17 published claims 2 attributable people
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belief 6evaluation 4preference 4uncertainty 1observation 1commitment 1

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10 / commitment

[laughter] What I decided at a certain point — it’s partly because I have a lot of other things I want to do urgently — at a certain point, I thought I do want to go on translating, but they will all have to be very, very short stories.

“[laughter] What I decided at a certain point — it’s partly because I have a lot of other things I want to do urgently — at a certain point, I thought I do want to go on translating, but they will all have to be very, very short stories.”
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Lydia Davis
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12 / preference

The fact is that I, as a matter of principle, did not read any secondary material before I started translating Proust, and even now would not want to read a great deal of it.

“The fact is that I, as a matter of principle, did not read any secondary material before I started translating Proust, and even now would not want to read a great deal of it.”
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Lydia Davis
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14 / evaluation

I think the novel I wrote, the one novel, The End of the Story, was meant to give the impression of fragmentation because the narrator was trying to remember incidents, so the memories come back in fragments.

“I think the novel I wrote, the one novel, The End of the Story, was meant to give the impression of fragmentation because the narrator was trying to remember incidents, so the memories come back in fragments.”
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Lydia Davis
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15 / preference

That doesn’t mean I would enjoy reading a washing machine how-to manual in French or German and get the same enjoyment. I read two different Peter Handke books in German, just because I wanted to.

“That doesn’t mean I would enjoy reading a washing machine how-to manual in French or German and get the same enjoyment. I read two different Peter Handke books in German, just because I wanted to.”
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Lydia Davis
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Conversations with Tyler

16 / evaluation

I had a problem a long time ago trying to read Ulysses by Joyce, and started it twice, and finally read it when I lived in Ireland, which made it much easier because I had his context. That too — I suppose because it had different chapters, each of which approached the ongoing story in a very different way — I found that possible too.

“I had a problem a long time ago trying to read Ulysses by Joyce, and started it twice, and finally read it when I lived in Ireland, which made it much easier because I had his context. That too — I suppose because it had different chapters, each of which approached the ongoing story in a very different way — I found that possible too.”
Speaker
Lydia Davis
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

17 / preference

I really just love foreign languages, which may sound a little dumb because it’s such a blanket statement, but even here at home, I find myself wanting to just break into German or French just for a second.

“I really just love foreign languages, which may sound a little dumb because it’s such a blanket statement, but even here at home, I find myself wanting to just break into German or French just for a second.”
Speaker
Lydia Davis
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