The Cost of Living - Living Autobiography

A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURYbr>br> The powerful second memoir from the twice-Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Homebr>br>''I just haven''t stopped reading it . . . it talks so beautifully about being a woman'' Billie Piper on BBC Radio 4''s Desert Island Discsbr>br> ''Life falls apart.br> We try to get a grip and hold it together.br> And then we realise we don''t want to hold it together . . .''br>br> Praise for The Cost of Living:br>br> ''It is the story of every woman throughout history who has expended her love and labour on making a home that turns out to serve the needs of everyone except herself. Wonderful. Not so much a memoir as an eloquent manifesto'' Guardianbr>br> ''Wise, subtle and ironic, Levy''s every sentence is a masterpiece of clarity and poise . . . a brilliant writer'' Daily Telegraphbr>br> ''A graceful and lyrical rumination on the questions, "What is a woman for? What should a woman be?" '' Tatlerbr>br> ''I can''t think of any writer aside from Virginia Woolf who writes better about what it is to be a woman'' Observerbr>br> ''Extraordinary and beautiful, suffused with wit and razor sharp insights'' Financial Timesbr>br> ''A heady, absorbing read'' Evening Standard>

Product details

• Authors: Deborah Levy
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.02.2019
• EAN: 9780241977569
• ISBN: 978-0-241-97756-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Living Autobiography; Living Autobiography
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Coping with death & bereavement, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Feminism & feminist theory, Separation & divorce, Literary essays, Feminism and feminist theory, Autobiography: writers