- Hardcover: 177 pages
- Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (T); First Printing edition (July 1986)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0374116539
- ISBN-13: 978-0374116538
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,759,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I get home from work and there is a message from him: that he is not coming, that he is busy. Read the first page
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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful
This woman is God.
8 Feb 2000
Format:Paperback
I have never written an online review, but I just could not help myself this time. "Break It Down" is absolutely exquisite. Not only can Ms. Davis write, she can make you FEEL what she's writing about. There is a pulse to her stories that grabs you and will not let you go. Her exploration of the individual's need for rationalization and order in the world is powerfully conveyed and leaves you aching for her characters. I've read many good short stories by many good authors, but seldom do I come across anything that rocked my world--This rocked my world.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Cutting Edge Fiction
14 May 2001
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
In a rare miscue, Amazon has plugged in the Publisher's Weekly review of a murder mystery which this collection of cutting edge fiction is anything but. This is short fiction by a rare voice. Lots of writers have done very short fiction, lots have experimented with style, few get it right like Lydia Davis. She strips the conventions of fiction down to the barest essentials, often speaking from a removed perspective. She adds just enough strokes of imagery, however, to warm it up and allow the reader to enjoy a rich experience. Davis is in total control. I highly recommend this volume to anyone who wants to know what is going on at the forefront of literary fiction. Another note: this edition, a trade paperback, is of uncommon high quality, with a cover that sports flaps like the dust jacket on a hardcover.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
books to insist on
25 Dec 1999
Format:Paperback
Lydia Davis is among the best writers writing today, but I'm not sure that's the point. There are zero other writers I would do with as with her - press it on out of town visitors, make them read The Mouse before I will take them out to whatever they came here for. I am not sure why it doesn't appear in collections of the best stories of the latter half of the century, but it should.
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