Books by Deborah Levy

'Unmissable. Like chancing upon an oasis, you want to drink it slowly... Subtle, unpredictable, surprising' GuardianThings 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 a work of dazzling insight and deep psychological succour, from one of our most vital contemporary writers.'Superb sharpness and originality of imagination. An inspiring work of writing' Marina Warner

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016Plunge into this hypnotic tale of female sexuality and power - from the Man Booker shortlisted author of Swimming Home'Propulsive, uncanny, dreamlike. A feverish coming-of-age novel' Daily Telegraph'A triumph of storytelling' Literary Review'Today I dropped my laptop on the concrete floor of a bar built on the beach. My laptop has all my life in it and knows more about me than anyone else. So what I am saying is that if it is broken, so am I . . .''Perfectly crafted. So mesmerising that reading it is to be under a spell' Independent on Sunday'Hot Milk treads a sweaty, sun-drenched path into the history books. A properly great novel' Romola Garai'Hot Milk is an extraordinary novel, beautifully rich, vividly atmospheric and psychologically complex... Every man and woman should read it' Bernardine Evaristo'The contemporary writer I admire most' Linda Grant 'Hypnotic... This novel has a transfixing gaze and a terrible sting that burns long after the final page is turned' Observer'Gorgeous. What makes the book so good is Levy's great imagination, the poetry of her language, her way of finding the wonder in the everyday. It's a pleasure' New York Times'Terrific, sizzling with heat and sexuality . . . You devour it in one sitting' Radio Times'Unmissable' New Statesman

2012 Man Booker Prize shortlisted. As he arrives with his family at the villa, Joe sees a body in the swimming pool. But the girl is alive. She is Kitty Finch: a self-proclaimed botanist with green-painted fingernails, walking naked into the heart of their holiday. Why is she there? And why does Joe's enigmatic wife allow her to remain?

Prisbelønnet trilogi om at skrive og om at finde sin plads i verden. I andet bind af sit anmelderroste erindringsværk undersøger Deborah Levy, hvad det vil sige at være fri – som kunstner, som kvinde, mor og datter. Levy er nu i 50’erne, og hendes liv er i opbrud. Ægteskabet er gået i stykker, moren er ved at dø, og døtrene er på vej ud i verden. Selv leder Levy desperat efter et sted at skrive og finder det til sidst – i et redskabsskur under et æbletræ i en venindes have. Med ubesværet elegance bevæger Deborah Levy sig mellem fortid og nutid, mellem små hverdagssituationer og skarpe litterære iagttagelser, og resultatet er et sprudlende portræt af en skrivende kvindes liv, fuld af vid, dybde og menneskelig indsigt. Trilogien blev et internationalt fænomen, rost for sin elegante, genrebrydende stil, også af danske anmeldere, og er blevet kaldt for en moderne coming-of-middle-age. Selv kalder Levy den for en ’levende selvbiografi’, skrevet mens livet raser omkring hende og ikke i eftertankens klare lys. Deborah Levy (f. 1959 i Sydafrika) er prisbelønnet forfatter, digter og dramatiker. Hun romandebuterede i 1989 og har siden udgivet en lang række romaner, novellesamlinger, digtsamlinger og skuespil. Hun har to gange været shortlistet til den prestigefulde Bookerpris for sine romaner Swimming Home (2013) og Hot Milk (2016). Hun har modtaget flere priser for sin trilogi, bl.a. den fornemme Prix Femina.

Genrebrydende erindringstrilogi om at skrive og finde sin plads i verden. Deborah Levy befinder sig i en livskrise. Hun er begyndt at græde, hver gang hun står på en rulletrappe og beslutter sig for at rejse til Mallorca for at komme lidt væk. Fra den vinterkolde ferieø tænker hun tilbage på sit liv. På barndommen i Sydafrika under apartheid, hvor hendes far bliver fængslet for sin støtte til ANC. På ungdomslivet i England, hvor forfatterdrømmen begynder at spire. Og på hvordan man som kvinde er nødt til at finde sin stemme, tale højt og kræve sin plads i verden. TING JEG IKKE VIL VIDE er et feministisk modsvar til George Orwells berømte essay WHY I WRITE fra 1946 og er første del af Deborah Levys prisbelønnede erindringstrilogi, hvor hun med udgangspunkt i sin egen historie og sit liv i 40’erne, 50’erne og 60’erne reflekterer indsigtsfuldt og levende over fortid og nutid, kvinderoller, familie, politik, litteratur, kærlighed og venskab. Trilogien blev et internationalt fænomen, rost for sin elegante, genrebrydende stil og kaldt for en moderne coming-of-middle-age. Selv kalder hun den for ’A Living Autobiography’, en ’levende selvbiografi’, skrevet mens livet raser omkring hende og ikke i eftertankens klare lys.

Sofia und ihre Mutter Rose fahren nach Andalusien, wo Rose in der Spezialklinik von Dr. Gomez behandelt werden soll, da ihre Beine ihr den Dienst versagen. Doch ist das Leiden der Mutter wirklich physischer Natur oder versucht sie, ihre Tochter eng an sich zu binden? Sofia, deren griechischer Vater die Familie vor Jahren verließ, versucht zu ergründen, woran ihre Mutter erkrankt ist und wo sie selbst steht. Beim Schwimmen im Meer, das voller Quallen ist, in Gesprächen mit Dr. Gomez oder dessen Tochter wird ihr immer klarer, dass sie sich von ihrer Mutter befreien muss. Als sie die selbstbewusste und unkonventionelle Deutsche Ingrid kennenlernt, trifft Sofia Entscheidungen. Ein Roman über eine allzu enge Mutter-Tochter-Beziehung und die Suche nach Identität, die wie ein Quallenbiss brennt und noch lange nachwirkt. Deborah Levy wurde für diesen Roman mehrfach ausgezeichnet und stand auf der Shortlist des Man Booker Prize. Svenja Pages ist mit ihrer frischen Stimme die richtige Sprecherin für die ungekürzte Lesung dies tragikomischen Geschichte.Deborah Levy wurde 1959 in Südafrika geboren. 1968 emigrierte die Familie nach Großbritannien. Sie verfasst neben einer großen Anzahl von Theaterstücken und Beiträgen für Radio und Fernsehen Erzählungen und Romane. Die Romane »Heim schwimmen« und »Heiße Milch« kamen auf die Shortlist des Man Booker Prize.

Swallowing Geography is a stunning early novel by the Man Booker-shortlisted Deborah Levy. Embedded in this beautifully written novel is Deborah Levy's gift for blending fairytale with biting satire. Through the voice of the irreverent and ironic narrator J.K., Swallowing Geography interrogates the yearning of discontented children, imagined homes and strangers and histories at the turbulent close of the 20th century.'A stunningly original writer' Kirsty Gunn'One of the few British writers comfortable on a world stage' New Statesman'Levy's strength is her originality of thought and expression' Jeanette WintersonDeborah Levy writes fiction, plays and poetry. Her work has been staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and she is the author of highly praised books including The Unloved, Things I Don't Want to Know, Beautiful Mutants and Billy and Girl. Her novel Swimming Home was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize, 2012 Specsavers National Book Awards (UK Author of the Year) and 2013 Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize, while the title story of her most recent work of fiction, Black Vodka, was shortlisted for the 2012 BBC International Short Story Award.

Unforgettable, off-kilter graphic fiction from Booker-shortlisted novelist Deborah Levy

Lapinski, a manipulative and magical Russian exile, summons forth a number of highly contemporary urban pilgrims. This book explores broken dreams and self-destructive desires in a shimmering, dislocated allegory of its times.

A hypnotising summer novel from the twice Man Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming HomeA group of hedonistic West European tourists gather to celebrate Christmas in a remote French chateau. Then an Englishwoman is brutally murdered, and the sad, eerie child Tatiana declares she knows who did it. The subsequent inquiry into the death proves to be more of an investigation into the nature of love, insatiable rage and sadistic desire. The Unloved offers a bold and revealing look at some of the events that shaped European and African history, and the perils of a future founded on concealed truth.

In the Freezerworld toy section, all the girl princess dolls stand proud in their tiny gold shoes. Big hair and luned-out stares.Girl says, listen, one day I will have a kingdom too. Billy and his sister, Girl, are clever, stylish and damaged. They live somewhere in England and are searching for their missing mother. They think she might be lurking in Freezerworld, a mega superstore on the edge of a motorway. Yet it is a young woman stocking the shelves in this ''frozen world'' who attracts their attention. Girl, who wants a proper name, feels a special bond with her as she gazes at the name tag on her uniform. Will she lead them to their mother? Billy & Girl is both a joyful contemporary fairy tale and a hard hitting critique of the beginning of frantic consumerism in the 1990s.