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An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell
Deborah Levy
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Description for An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell
Hardcover. A love song between an angel and an accountant: think Patti Smith and Philip Larkin duet, with Laurel and Hardy as backing band. Num Pages: 71 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 179 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194. Very good copy .First edition.
She is a shimmering, melancholy angel, flown from Paradise to save him from the suburbs of hell. He an accountant, dreaming of a white Christmas, a little garden and someone to love. She attempts to fly him away from his habits and fears, while he holds on tight to all he knows.
Man Booker Prize shortlisted Deborah Levy whips up a storm of romance and slapstick, of heavenly and earthly delights, in this dystopian philosophical poem about individual freedom and the search for the good life.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Number of Pages
100
Place of Publication
High Wycombe, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908276469
SKU
KEX0303212
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Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2
About Deborah Levy
Deborah Levy is a British playwright, novelist and poet. Her novels include the Booker-shortlisted Swimming Home (2011) and Hot Milk (2016), and the Booker-longlisted The Man Who Saw Everything (2019). Deborah is also the author of a collection of short stories, Black Vodka (2013), and a trilogy of prize-winning Living Autobiographies: Things I Don’t Want to Know, The Cost of Living, and Real Estate.
Reviews for An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell
'I loved this effervescent dialogue between she and he, angel and accountant, wild desire and the (ever more desirable) quotidian. It's Deborah Levy at her wise, witty and playful best. Read it and be seduced away from (or back into) the suburbs of hell.' Lisa Appignanesi, author of All About Love
'Levy just gets it entirely - the whole business of drab and yet compelling routine, and the fear of the inestimable, the longing nonetheless, the surrender each day to the ordinary, dispersing the dream, only to dream it again. An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell encapsulates all of this, redeems the crumpled weary mortal, sends him into a wild realm of uncertainty, satirises him, lavishes him with affection. A crazily beautiful, astonishing, original work of art.' Joanna Kavenna, author of Come to the Edge
"Choppy and sparky, this sharply drawn dialogue plays out like an otherworldly soap opera. Levy's having fun and so will the reader." We Love This Book
- 'Landing back in the UK, this autumn I'm looking forward to Deborah Levy's An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell.' Joanna Walsh, 3am Magazine
'Levy makes something singular of this typical love-stuff...like an indelible pop song, Levy's text chooses all the right, simple words with an uncanny melody - Discourse wastes no time doing anything but shaking you up.' Bookslut
- 'It will delight readers.' Library Journal
'With one foot in prose, but wings pulling free into air, Deborah Levy's An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell is a prose-poem about the line between prose and poetry.' Joanna Walsh, for Shakespeare and Company - Books of the Year 2014
'Levy just gets it entirely - the whole business of drab and yet compelling routine, and the fear of the inestimable, the longing nonetheless, the surrender each day to the ordinary, dispersing the dream, only to dream it again. An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell encapsulates all of this, redeems the crumpled weary mortal, sends him into a wild realm of uncertainty, satirises him, lavishes him with affection. A crazily beautiful, astonishing, original work of art.' Joanna Kavenna, author of Come to the Edge
"Choppy and sparky, this sharply drawn dialogue plays out like an otherworldly soap opera. Levy's having fun and so will the reader." We Love This Book
- 'Landing back in the UK, this autumn I'm looking forward to Deborah Levy's An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell.' Joanna Walsh, 3am Magazine
'Levy makes something singular of this typical love-stuff...like an indelible pop song, Levy's text chooses all the right, simple words with an uncanny melody - Discourse wastes no time doing anything but shaking you up.' Bookslut
- 'It will delight readers.' Library Journal
'With one foot in prose, but wings pulling free into air, Deborah Levy's An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell is a prose-poem about the line between prose and poetry.' Joanna Walsh, for Shakespeare and Company - Books of the Year 2014