Levy, Deborah
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August Blue
Twice nominated for the Booker Prize and admired for her inventive fiction, Levy (Real Estate; The Man Who Saw Everything) typically writes challenging books that appeal to fans of the work of Rachel Cusk and Ali Smith. Her latest, a more conventional novel, is well told and affecting.
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Hot Milk
The claustrophobic, all-encompassing dysfunction of Sofia's self-involved circle of friends and family is wrapped in the oppressive heat of Spain and the narrowing possibilities that she can (or wants to) break free. The Man Booker short-listed Levy (Swimming Home and Other Stories) draws in readers with beautiful language and unexpected moments of humor and shock. [See Prepub Alert, 1/25/16.]
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Beautiful Mutants and Swallowing Geography: Two Early Novels
As poetic as they are searing, these hard-edged early novels show the promise of things to come for readers arriving late to an appreciation of Levy.
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The Unloved
Though the seemingly random events in the novel do come together after a second reading, most readers will find this a stream-of-consciousness mess. Recommended for those who like that genre and people willing to reread; book clubs may find this a challenging title, inspiring much debate.
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An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell
The author of novels (Man Booker finalist Swimming Home), stories (Black Vodka, short-listed for the BBC International Short Story Award), and plays (some staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company), Levy shows her narrative roots in this dialog between "she," a sort of fallen angel, with "starry tattoos," "All wonderful and winged," and "He," who's "suburbia's satisfied son...
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Things I Don't Want To Know: On Writing
Levy successfully weaves historical, political, and personal threads together to form a nuanced account of her life and why she writes. Her graceful memoir/essay emphasizes a woman's need to speak out even if she has to use a quiet voice. For feminists and memoir enthusiasts.
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Levy provides fragmentary glimpses into the fascinating lives of people at odds with their surroundings and profoundly disturbed by their previous experiences. Edgy, unsettling, and intoxicating.
Black Vodka: Ten Stories
Levy provides fragmentary glimpses into the fascinating lives of people at odds with their surroundings and profoundly disturbed by their previous experiences. Edgy, unsettling, and intoxicating.
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