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An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell by Deborah Levy
Category: Education | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
A love song between an angel and an accountant in the suburbs of London from Man Booker shortlisted Levy She is a shimmering, melancholy angel, flown from Paradise to save him from the suburbs of hell. He an accountant, dreaming of a white Christmas, a little garden and someone to love. She attempts to ...Show more
An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell by Deborah Levy
Category: Poetry
She is a shimmering, tattooed and acerbic angel, flown from Paradise to save him from the suburbs of hell. He, an accountant worn down by the day-to-day struggles of the nine to five, is dreaming of a white Christmas, a little garden and someone to love. She attempts, with scornful wit, to shock him out ...Show more
August Blue by Deborah Levy
Category: Fiction
The mesmerising new novel from the twice Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home 'If she was my double and I was hers, was it true that she was knowing, I was unknowing, she was sane, I was crazy, she was wise, I was foolish? That summer, the air was electric between us as we transmitte ...Show more
August Blue by Deborah Levy
Category: Fiction
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Levy's lyrical, pitch-perfect prose is an exploration of our reasons for living, the forces that drive us and the inner music that controls the rhythms of our dance through life and love' Independent The mesmerising new novel from the twice Booker-shortlisted author of Hot M ...Show more
August Blue - A Novel by Deborah Levy
Category: Fiction
A new novel from the Booker Prize finalist Deborah Levy, the celebrated author of The Man Who Saw Everything and The Cost of Living. In Athens, a woman named Elsa glimpses her identical double. The other woman is buying two mechanical dancing horses. Elsa spends a month in pursuit of this enigmatic ...Show more
Beautiful Mutants and Swallowing Geography: Early Levy by Deborah Levy
Category: Fiction
Early Levy comprises two pioneering early works by Man Booker-shortlisted writer Deborah Levy. Beautiful Mutants - Lapinski, a manipulative and magical Russian exile, summons forth a number of highly contemporary urban pilgrims. Through them, Levy explores broken dreams and self-destructive desires in a ...Show more
Billy and Girl by Deborah Levy
Category: Fiction
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 ...Show more
Black Vodka by Deborah Levy
Category: Fiction
Now in paperback, a "tantalizingly poetic" (NYTBR) collection in which Levy "conquer s] the genre which demands she fashion perfect jewels" (The Independent).The stories in Black Vodka, by acclaimed author Deborah Levy, are perfectly formed worlds unto themselves, written in elegant yet economical prose ...Show more
Black Vodka: Ten Stories by Deborah Levy; Michèle Roberts (Introduction by)
Category: Fiction
The stories in Black Vodka, by acclaimed author Deborah Levy, are perfectly formed worlds unto themselves, written in elegant yet economical prose. She is a master of the short story, exploring loneliness and belonging; violence and tenderness; the ephemeral and the solid; the grotesque and the beautifu ...Show more
Black Vodka - Ten Stories by Deborah Levy
Category: Short Stories
The stories in Black Vodka, by acclaimed author Deborah Levy, are perfectly formed worlds unto themselves, written in elegant yet economical prose. She is a master of the short story, exploring loneliness and belonging; violence and tenderness; the ephemeral and the solid; the grotesque and the beautifu ...Show more
Deborah Levy Plays 1 by Levy Deborah
Category: Fiction | Series: Contemporary Dramatists Ser.
The first collection of plays by one of Britain's leading writers Pax: 'Pioneering writing which unlocks the colours of the imagination and subverts the structure, style and content of our new drama' City Limits; Clam: 'A budding genius' City Limits; The B File: 'An ironic, funny, lonely and challenging ...Show more