"Highly intelligent, wildly entertaining stories, bound by visionary, philosophical, comic prose-part Gertrude Stein, part Simone Weil, and pure Lydia Davis."—Elle
"Davis should be counted among the true originals of contemporary American short fiction."—San Francisco Chronicle
"Davis deploys her gift for verbal bemusement, annoyance, and high anxiety . . . [and] converts her characters' complex ruminations into narratives full of insight and pleasure."—The Village Voice
"Her stories are intellectual and playful, and rigorous as brainteasers."—Bookforum
