The Cost Of Living Living Autobiography 2
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A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK of THE 21ST CENTURYWINNER of THE PRIX FEMINA ETRANGER 2020Following on from the critically acclaimed Things I Don't Want to Know, discover the powerful second memoir in Deborah Le...
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A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK of THE 21ST CENTURYWINNER of THE PRIX FEMINA ETRANGER 2020Following on from the critically acclaimed Things I Don't Want to Know, discover the powerful second memoir in Deborah Levy's essential three-part 'Living Autobiography'. 'I can't think of any writer aside from Virginia Woolf who writes better about what it is to be a woman' Observer _________________________________'Life falls apart. We try to get a grip and hold it together. And then we realise we don't want to hold it together . . .' The final instalment in Deborah Levy's critically acclaimed 'Living Autobiography', Real Estate, is available now. _________________________________'I just haven't stopped reading it . . . it talks so beautifully about being a woman' Billie Piper on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs'It is the story of every woman throughout history who has expended her love and labour on making a home that turns out to serve the needs of everyone except herself. Wonderful' Guardian 'Wise, subtle and ironic, Levy's every sentence is a masterpiece of clarity and poise . . . a brilliant writer' Daily Telegraph 'A graceful and lyrical rumination on the questions, "What is a woman for? What should a woman be?"' Tatler 'Extraordinary and beautiful, suffused with wit and razor-sharp insights' Financial Times A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK of THE 21ST CENTURYWINNER of THE PRIX FEMINA ETRANGER 2020Following on from the critically acclaimed Things I Don''t Want to Know, discover the powerful second memoir in Deborah Levy''s essential three-part ''Living Autobiography''. ''I can''t think of any writer aside from Virginia Woolf who writes better about what it is to be a woman'' Observer _________________________________''Life falls apart. We try to get a grip and hold it together. And then we realise we don''t want to hold it together . . .'' The final instalment in Deborah Levy''s critically acclaimed ''Living Autobiography'', Real Estate, is available now._________________________________''I just haven''t stopped reading it . . . it talks so beautifully about being a woman'' Billie Piper on BBC Radio 4''s Desert Island Discs''It is the story of every woman throughout history who has expended her love and labour on making a home that turns out to serve the needs of everyone except herself. Wonderful'' Guardian ''Wise, subtle and ironic, Levy''s every sentence is a masterpiece of clarity and poise . . . a brilliant writer'' Daily Telegraph ''A graceful and lyrical rumination on the questions, "What is a woman for? What should a woman be?"'' Tatler ''Extraordinary and beautiful, suffused with wit and razor-sharp insights'' Financial Times
Detaljer
Forlag
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN
9780241977569
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
208
Udgivelsesdato
07-02-2019
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
2687022
EAN nr.
9780241977569
Varegruppe
Engelsk non fiction div.
Højde/Dybde (mm)
11
Bredde (mm)
130
Længde (mm)
197
Vægt (g)
148