{"product_id":"9781429957984","title":"Break It Down","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe thirty-four stories in this seminal collection powerfully display what have become Lydia Davis's trademarks--dexterity, brevity, understatement, and surprise. Although the certainty of her prose suggests a world of almost clinical reason and clarity, her characters show us that life, thought, and language are full of disorder. \u003ci\u003eBreak It Down \u003c\/i\u003eis Davis at her best. In the words of Jonathan Franzen, she is \"a magician of self-consciousness.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139304308976,"sku":"9781429957984","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429957984_p0.jpg?v=1769902904","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429957984","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}