描述
From one of the great thinkers and writers of our time comes the unmissable final instalment in Deborah Levys critically acclaimed Living Autobiography.A beautifully crafted and thoughtprovoking snapshot of a life The Evening StandardI began to wonder what myself and all unwritten and unseen women would possess in their property portfolios at the end of their lives. Literally her physical property and possessions and then everything else she valued though it might not be valued by society. What might she claim own discard and bequeath Or is she the real estate owned by patriarchy In this sense Real Estate is a tricky business. We rent it and buy it sell and inherit it but we must also knock it down.Following the critical acclaim of Things I Dont Want to Know and The Cost of Living this final volume of Deborah Levys Living Autobiography is an exhilarating thoughtprovoking and boldly intimate meditation on home and the spectres that haunt it.Real Estate is a book to dive into. Come on in the waters lovely The Daily TelegraphHer reflections on domesticity freedom and romance are so beautiful I found myself underlining multiple sentences a page. Wry warm and uplifting its a book Ill return to again and again StylistLevys living autobiography series is a glittering triple echo of books that are as much philosophical discourse as a manifesto for living and writing Financial Times
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Fruugo ID:
80245089-166191471
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ISBN:
9780241977583