Penguin Books Ltd Paperback English
The Cost of Living
Living Autobiography 2
By Deborah Levy
Product description
A Guardian Best Book of the 21st Century
Winner of the Prix Femina Etranger 2020
Following 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
Specifications
| Product ID / ISBN / EAN | 9780241977569 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Condition | New |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 7 Feb 2019 |
| Number of Pages | 208 |
| Width | 19.7 cm |
| Height | 13.0 cm |
| Depth | 1.1 cm |