Can't and Won't

Can't and Won'tAuthor: Davis, Lydia Modern fiction Published on 26 March 2015 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom. Paperback 304 pages 197 x 130 x 21 216g Can't and Won't is the new collection from Lydia Davis, one of the greatest short story writers alive. WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2013Lydia Davis has been universally acclaimed for the wit, insight and genre defying formal inventiveness of her sparkling stories. With titles like 'A Story

and shrewdly charts how the advances made by feminism collided with the changing shape of desirability

the Chosen One

demystify financial jargon and markets

I think this is Ross Montgomery’s best book yet: an adventure across WWII wintry Britain with a Kindertransportee

and see who secretly stitches the poor shoemaker’s shoes

A Bright Cold Day reveals how the principles that govern us begin in the mundane

After the Great Fire of 1666

Molly the hare

grossest and most ridiculous inventions in the world

Can their trip be saved

preparing to give a lecture on the importance of keeping writers safe from harm

Pippin's just an ordinary little girl who lives with her ordinary little granny in the ordinary little town of Funsprings