Da Vinci's Bicycle is a 1979 book of short stories written by Guy Davenport and published by New Directions, it was his second collection of stories and contains some of his most important fiction.[2] According to Publishers Weekly, "this acclaimed story collection features such characters as Gertrude Stein, Richard Nixon and the great Leonardo himself."[3]

Da Vinci's Bicycle
AuthorGuy Davenport
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreAmerican fiction [1]
PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press
Publication date
1979

Hilton Kramer of The New York Times has said, "Davenport’s conception of the short story form is remarkable. He has given it some intellectual density of the learned essay, some the lyrical concision of the modern poem–some of its difficulty too–and a structure that often resembles a film documentary. The result is a tour de force that adds something new to the art of fiction."[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Da Vinci's Bicycle - Good Reads
  2. ^ Google Books-Da Vinci's Bicycle by Guy Davenport
  3. ^ Publishers Weekly Review-Da Vinci's Bicycle by Guy Davenport, April 28, 1997
  4. ^ Da Vinci's Bicycle (New Directions Classic), ISBN 0811213501