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Things I Don't Want to Know

Living Autobiography 1
By Deborah Levy
Series: Living Autobiography
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Things I Don't Want to Know by Deborah Levy is a reflective and engaging memoir that explores the intricacies of authoring and womanhood. Positioned against the backdrop of personal and political landscapes, Levy delves into her own life experiences as a writer, elucidating the influences and events that have shaped her voice. Through a rich and evocative narrative, the book offers a profound exploration of identity and resilience.
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You might enjoy this book if you're drawn to reflective and introspective stories that delve into the complexities of identity and personal history. Deborah Levy offers an evocative exploration of what shapes us, blending personal anecdotes with philosophical musings, all infused with a rich, artistic sensibility.

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Things I Don't Want to Know

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First instalment of Levy's essential 'living autobiography' trilogy - reissued to match the beautiful The Cost of Living hardback.

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 and shape it to her need. It is a work of dazzling insight and deep psychological succour, from one of our most vital contemporary writers.

This first volume of the trilogy focuses on the writer as a young woman - the confusion and turbulence of youth, and the uncertainties of carving an identity as a writer. The second volume, The Cost of Living, speaks to the challenges of middle age as a writer and a woman - motherhood, separation, bereavement.

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Things I Don't Want to Know by Deborah Levy is praised for its remarkable sharpness and original imagination, drawing comparisons to Virginia Woolf's 'A Room of One's Own'. It is noted for its feminist and political undertones, with Levy's unique style being both inspiring and poetic. Celebrated authors and reviewers highlight her originality of thought and assert that she is a writer of global calibre.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241983089

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 April 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 129g

Pages: 176

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About the Author

Deborah Levy is the author of several novels including August Blue, Hot Milk and Swimming Home, alongside a formally innovative, critically acclaimed 'living autobiography' trilogy- Things I Don't Want to Know, The Cost of Living and Real Estate. She has been shortlisted twice each for the Goldsmiths Prize and Booker Prize and won the Prix Femina Etranger. She has also written for The Royal Shakespeare Company and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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