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Black Vodka
Deborah Levy
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Description for Black Vodka
Paperback. How does love change us? How do we change ourselves for love - or for lack of it? Ten stories by acclaimed author Deborah Levy explore these delicate, impossible questions. From London gardens to a forest outside Prague, these are twenty-first century lives dissected with razor-sharp humour, about what it means to live and love, together and alone. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
'Elisa said Yes and I said Yes. We said Yes in all the European languages. Yes. We said yes we said yes, yes to vague but powerful things, we said yes to hope which has to be vague, we said yes to love which is always blind, we smiled and said yes without blinking.' ('A Better Way to Live') ----------- How does love change us? And how do we change ourselves for love - or for lack of it? Ten stories by acclaimed author Deborah Levy explore these delicate, impossible questions. In Vienna, an icy woman seduces a broken man; ... Read more
'Elisa said Yes and I said Yes. We said Yes in all the European languages. Yes. We said yes we said yes, yes to vague but powerful things, we said yes to hope which has to be vague, we said yes to love which is always blind, we smiled and said yes without blinking.' ('A Better Way to Live') ----------- How does love change us? And how do we change ourselves for love - or for lack of it? Ten stories by acclaimed author Deborah Levy explore these delicate, impossible questions. In Vienna, an icy woman seduces a broken man; ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
High Wycombe, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781911508090
SKU
V9781911508090
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99-11
About Deborah Levy
Deborah Levy is a British playwright, novelist and poet. She is the author of six novels, Beautiful Mutants (1986); Swallowing Geography (1993); The Unloved (1994); Billy & Girl (1996); and Swimming Home (2011), which was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize as well as the Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize. Levy's short stories, Black Vodka (2013), were shortlisted for the ... Read more
Reviews for Black Vodka
'These tales of unconventional love reinforce Levy's reputation as a major contemporary writer who never pulls her punches.' The Independent
- 'Metropolitan and knowingly sophisticated.' Sunday Times
- 'These ominous, odd, erotic stories burrow deep into your brain.' Financial Times
- 'A collection of mischievous vignettes of Mitteleuropa.' The Telegraph
- 'Like their protagonists, these stories are powerful because they ... Read more
- 'Metropolitan and knowingly sophisticated.' Sunday Times
- 'These ominous, odd, erotic stories burrow deep into your brain.' Financial Times
- 'A collection of mischievous vignettes of Mitteleuropa.' The Telegraph
- 'Like their protagonists, these stories are powerful because they ... Read more