The Latest Breaking News from Lydia Davis

Postcard sent 121 years ago finally arrives at Swansea address

Building society staff surprised to receive card believed to date back to 1903 and addressed to Lydia Davies

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2024

Paul Auster, American author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77

The writer of The New York Trilogy, Leviathan and 4 3 2 1 – known for his stylised postmodernist fiction – has died from complications of lung cancer

The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2024

Lydia Davis' amusing, insightful stories address the estrangements of everyday life – and resist the hollowing of language

Lydia Davis is known for her minimalist fiction – “economy, precision and originality” is how the author Ali Smith once described her style. Her shortest story, Index Entry, amounts to just four words:

The Conversation · Dec 3, 2023

Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan review – straight from the horse trainer’s mouth

Despite its minimalist style, the American writer’s experimental novel tracking the life of a would-be jockey in the midwest is brimming with life

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2023

Patients living in pain because they can’t get NHS dentist, watchdog says, as service is ‘running on empty’

The patient champion organisation warned of ‘a deepening crisis’ as patients struggle to get appointments

The Independent UK · May 9, 2022

Son of acclaimed author Paul Auster dies of overdose while awaiting trial for daughter’s death

He was facing charges of manslaughter over the death of his 10-month-old daughter

The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022