Writing intellectual stories as a personal style of Lydia Davis

This article surveys a writing style of modern American writer-Lydia Davis. She is a virtuoso of a short story writing. She has been called “one of the quiet giants in the world of American fiction (Los Angeles Times). She also renowned “as an innovator who attempts” to remake the model of the modern short story (The New York Times Book Review). Lydia Davis as an innovator, she invented her own personal form and structure of writing short stories. Lydia Davis combines various genres into her short stories: from folklore to modern elements, such as: essays, anecdotes and parables.