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Things I Don't Want to Know
Deborah Levy
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Description for Things I Don't Want to Know
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'Unmissable. Like chancing upon an oasis, you want to drink it slowly... Subtle, unpredictable, surprising' Guardian Things I Don't Want to Know is the first in Deborah Levy's essential three-part 'Living Autobiography' on writing and womanhood. Taking George Orwell's famous essay, 'Why I Write', as a jumping-off point, Deborah Levy offers her own indispensable reflections of the writing life. With wit, clarity and calm brilliance, she considers how the writer must stake claim to that contested territory as a young woman and shape it to her need. Things I Don't Want to Know is ... Read more
'Unmissable. Like chancing upon an oasis, you want to drink it slowly... Subtle, unpredictable, surprising' Guardian Things I Don't Want to Know is the first in Deborah Levy's essential three-part 'Living Autobiography' on writing and womanhood. Taking George Orwell's famous essay, 'Why I Write', as a jumping-off point, Deborah Levy offers her own indispensable reflections of the writing life. With wit, clarity and calm brilliance, she considers how the writer must stake claim to that contested territory as a young woman and shape it to her need. Things I Don't Want to Know is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241983089
SKU
9780241983089
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About Deborah Levy
Deborah Levy is a British playwright, novelist and poet. She is the author of seven novels: Beautiful Mutants (1986); Swallowing Geography (1993); The Unloved (1994); Billy & Girl (1996); Swimming Home (2011); Hot Milk (2016) and the forthcoming The Man Who Saw Everything (2019). Swimming Home was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012; Hot Milk was shortlisted ... Read more
Reviews for Things I Don't Want to Know
A writer whose anger and confusion in the face of the world transform into poetic flights of fancy . . . which always feel marvellously right
Independent
One of the few contemporary British writers comfortable on a world stage
New Statesman
An exciting writer, sharp and shocking as the knives her characters wield
Sunday Times ... Read more
Independent
One of the few contemporary British writers comfortable on a world stage
New Statesman
An exciting writer, sharp and shocking as the knives her characters wield
Sunday Times ... Read more