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The cost of living

Paperback • 2019 • English • 1. edition

The cost of living

By Deborah Levy

Part 2 of the series Living autobiography

2 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

Following the acclaimed 'Things I Don't Want to Know', Deborah Levy returns to the subject of her life in letters. 'The Cost of Living' reveals a writer in radical flux, considering what it means to live with value and meaning and pleasure. 'At the age of 50 and after decades of north London family-making, Levy finds herself cast adrift from her marriage and, crucially, without any desire to swim back. It is the story of every woman throughout history who has expended her love and labour on maki...Show more

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

Book details

ISBN

9780241977569

Publisher

Penguin Books

Published year

2019

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The cost of living

Format

Paperback

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