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Deborah Levy

Forfatterbiografi

Deborah Levy (født 1959) er en britisk forfatter, kendt for at overskride grænserne mellem roman, erindringsprosa og dramatisk skrivning. Hun er født i Johannesburg i Sydafrika og er senere blevet en markant stemme i britisk litteraturkultur. Hendes forfatterskab kredser ofte om identitet, forflyttelse og intime relationer, og hun skriver med en psykologisk intensitet, der gør hendes bøger til mere end blot fortællinger. Levy har udgivet flere romaner, herunder Swimming Home og Hot Milk. Hot Milk blev optaget på Man Booker Prizes longlist i 2016 og blev senere shortlistet samme år, hvilket cementerede hendes position som en af samtidens mest risikovillige forfattere. Hun har også skrevet memoiristik i selvbiografiske værker som The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography. Ved siden af prosa har hun arbejdet med teater. Hendes tidlige og særligt anerkendte dramatik blev blandt andet iscenesat af Royal Shakespeare Company. Hun er i litterære kredse blevet fremhævet for sin “intellectual rigour” og sin poetiske, billedskabende stil, og hendes betydning ligger især i den måde, hun fornyer den moderne roman med eksperimenterende stemmer, mytiske forskydninger og et skarpt blik for kvinders erfaringer.

Bøger af Deborah Levy

'Things I Don't Want to Know'
'Things I Don't Want to Know'

Lydbog | Engelsk

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Things I Don't Want to Know by Deborah Levy, read by Juliet Stevenson.Things I Don't Want to Know is the first in Deborah Levy's essential three-part 'Living Autobiography' on writing and woman

'Cost of Living'
'Cost of Living'

Lydbog | Engelsk

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy.A Guardian Best Book of the 21st Century'Life falls apart. We try to get a grip. We try to hold it together. And then we realize that we don't want to hold it together...

'Swimming Home'
'Swimming Home'

Lydbog | Engelsk

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Swimming Home by Deborah Levy, read by Sophie Ward. A poet, his wife, her daughter and their friends arrive at the French Riviera. The prospect of a long hot summer stretches ahead of them. At their villa, they fi

'Hot Milk'
'Hot Milk'

Lydbog | n/a

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 HomePenguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobo

'August Blue'
'August Blue'

Lydbog | Engelsk

Brought to you by Penguin.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,

'Swallowing Geography'
'Swallowing Geography'

Bog | Engelsk

A stunning early novel by the twice Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home , Deborah Levy. Like her namesake Jack Kerouac, J.K. is always on the road, travelling Europe with her typewriter in a pillowcase. From J.K.'s irreverent, iron

'Man Who Saw Everything'
'Man Who Saw Everything'

Lydbog | Engelsk

***LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019***Brought to you by Penguin.Electrifying and audacious, an unmissable new novel about old and new Europe, old and new love, from the twice-Man Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home'The man who

'Black Vodka'
'Black Vodka'

Bog | Engelsk

Shortlisted for the 2013 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award 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

'Position of Spoons'
'Position of Spoons'

Lydbog | Engelsk

Brought to you by Penguin.From twice Booker-shortlisted author Deborah Levy, a moving and revelatory collection exploring the muses that have shaped her life and work as a writerIn The Position of Spoons, Deborah Levy invites the reader into the interiors

'Hot Milk'
'Hot Milk'

Bog | Engelsk

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING EMMA MACKEY AND FIONA SHAW SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016 Plunge into this hypnotic tale of female sexuality and power - from the author of Swimming Home and The Man Who

'August Blue'
'August Blue'

Bog | Engelsk

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT, TIME MAGAZINE 'Levy's lyrical, pitch-perfect prose is an exploration of our reasons for living, the forces that drive us and the inner music that

'The Man Who Saw Everything'
'The Man Who Saw Everything'

Bog | Engelsk

"The Man Who Saw Everything" er Deborah Levys gribende roman om patriarkatet, menneskelighed og mørke i det 20. århundrede. I 1988 bliver Saul Adler ramt af en bil på Abbey Road. Han rejser sig tilsyneladende uden mén, og poserer umiddelb

'Things I Don't Want to Know'
'Things I Don't Want to Know'

Bog | Engelsk

The first in Deborah Levy's essential three-part 'Living Autobiography' on writing and womanhood. 'Unmissable. Like chancing upon an oasis, you want to drink it slowly . . . Subtle, unpredictable, surprising' Guardian _________________

'The Position of Spoons'
'The Position of Spoons'

Bog | Engelsk

From twice Booker-shortlisted author Deborah Levy, a moving and revelatory collection exploring the muses that have shaped her life and work as a writer In The Position of Spoons , Deborah Levy traces and measures her life against the backdrop of the lite

'Swimming Home'
'Swimming Home'

Bog | Engelsk

Selected for the 2012 Man Booker Prize shortlist As he arrives with his family at the villa in the hills above Nice, Joe sees a body in the swimming pool. But the girl is very much alive. She is Kitty Finch: a self-proclaimed botanist with green-painted f

'An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell'
'An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell'

Bog | Engelsk

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 fly him away from his habits and fears, while he holds o

'The Cost of Living'
'The Cost of Living'

Bog | Engelsk

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 Autobi

'Real Estate'
'Real Estate'

Bog | Engelsk

From one of the great thinkers and writers of our time, comes the unmissable final instalment in Deborah Levy's critically acclaimed 'Living Autobiography'. 'A beautifully crafted and thought-provoking snapshot of a life' The Evening S

'Swimming Home'
'Swimming Home'

Bog | Engelsk

Selected for the 2012 Man Booker Prize short list. Levy manipulates light and shadow with artfulness. She transfixes the reader: we recognize...the thing of darkness in us all. This is an intelligent, pulsating literary beast. --The Telegraph (UK) As he a

'Ting jeg ikke vil vide'
'Ting jeg ikke vil vide'

Bog | Dansk

Første del af prisbelønnet erindringstrilogi om at 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

'Hot Milk'
'Hot Milk'

Bog | Engelsk

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize, Hot Milk moves "gracefully among pathos, danger, and humor" ( The New York Times ). I have been sleuthing my mother's symptoms for as long as I can remembe

'My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein'
'My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein'

Bog | Engelsk

In one short and sly book after another, [Levy] writes about characters navigating swerves of history and sexuality, and the social and personal rootlessness that accompanies both Atlantic Who was Gertrude Stein? Avant-garde American poet and art collecto

'Livets omkostninger'
'Livets omkostninger'

Bog | Dansk

"Livets omkostninger" er 2. del af Deborah Levys prisvindende selvbiografiske fortælling. Levy befinder sig i 50'erne, og hendes liv er i skelsættende forandring. Hendes ægteskab er opløst, hendes børn frigør sig mere og mere fra hende og he

'Mit år i Paris med Gertude Stein'
'Mit år i Paris med Gertude Stein'

Bog | Dansk

Stjerneforfatteren Deborah Levy er tilbage med ny roman. Fortælleren er rejst til Paris for at skrive en biografi om Gertrude Stein - den store amerikanske avantgardeforfatter, der slog sig ned i Paris og var ven med både Picasso og Hemingway. Men Steins

'Skeens placering'
'Skeens placering'

Bog | Dansk

I Skeens placering inviterer Deborah Levy læseren inden for i sit private bibliotek. Gennem bøger, breve, erindringer og nedslag i eget liv fortæller hun om de forfattere og kunstnere, der har formet hende og gjort hende til den, hun er. Deborah Levy skri

'The Position of Spoons'
'The Position of Spoons'

Bog | Engelsk

From twice Booker-shortlisted author Deborah Levy, a moving and revelatory collection exploring the muses that have shaped her life and work as a writer In The Position of Spoons , Deborah Levy invites the reader into the interiors of her world, sharing h

'August Blue'
'August Blue'

Bog | Engelsk

The mesmerising new novel from the twice Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home At the height of her career, concert pianist Elsa M. Anderson - former child prodigy, now in her thirties - walks off the stage in Vienna, mid-performance. No

'Fast ejendom'
'Fast ejendom'

Bog | Dansk

Tredje og sidste bind af Deborah Levys enestående erindringsværk. Levy nærmer sig de tres, børnene er fløjet fra reden, og skilsmissen ligger bag hende. Hun bruger sin nyvundne frihed til at forlade det faldefærdige lejlighedskompleks i London og rejse ud

'Augustblå'
'Augustblå'

Bog | Dansk

Ny roman fra Deborah Levy et blændende portræt af melankoli og metamorfose og en virtuos fortælling om en kvinde der er nødt til at forsvinde for at kunne fortælle sin egen historie. På højden af sin karriere forlader koncertpianisten Elsa M. Anderson sc

'Hot Milk'
'Hot Milk'

Bog | Dansk

Anmelderrost og prisnomineret roman om feminin seksualitet og styrke, mødre og døtre af stjerneforfatteren Deborah Levy. 25-årige Sofia arbejder som servitrice i London mens hun venter på måske at blive færdig med sit speciale. Hun har sat sit liv på stan

'My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein'
'My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein'

Bog | Engelsk

In contemporary Paris, a narrator and two companions explore the life and work of Gertrude Stein: a subversive imagining of a truly subversive female artist. Our narrator has a lot going on. Her friend Eva's cat is missing--also, she wonders, where is

'The Position of Spoons'
'The Position of Spoons'

Bog | Engelsk

A feast of observations about everything from the particular beauty of lemons on a table, to the allure of Colette, to the streets of Paris, by the inimitable Deborah Levy. Deborah Levy's vital literary voice speaks about many things. On footwear: &qu

'Levy Plays: 1'
'Levy Plays: 1'

Bog | Engelsk

____________________ THE FIRST COLLECTION OF PLAYS BY ONE OF BRITAIN'S LEADING WRITERS ____________________ This stunning collection of plays from the talented Deborah Levy includes Pax; Clam; The B File; Pushing the Prince into Denmark; Honey, Baby;