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ISBN-10: 1913505251
ISBN-13: 9781913505257
Publisher: And Other Stories
Publish Date: 01/31/2023
Dimensions: 7.70" L, 5.00" W, 0.40" H

An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell

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Overview

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 fly him away from his habits and fears, while he holds on tight to all he knows.

Man Booker Prize shortlisted Deborah Levy whips up a storm of romance and slapstick, of heavenly and earthly delights, in this dystopian philosophical poem about individual freedom and the search for the good life.

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Reviews

"Lively, sharp, remarkably evocative with very few words, Levy is the best kind of 'modern' writer." –Booklist

"Levy's sense of dramatic form ... is unerring" –The New Yorker

"I loved this effervescent dialogue between she and He, angel and accountant, wild desire and the (ever more desirable) quotidian. It's Deborah Levy at her wise, witty and playful best. Read it and be seduced away from (or back into) the suburbs of hell." –Lisa Appignanesi

"Accomplished and uncanny. The strange, unpredictable journey is worth it."–Alex Clark, Guardian

"Levy's strength is her originality of thought and expression." –Jeanette Winterson

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ISBN-10: 1913505251
ISBN-13: 9781913505257
Publisher: And Other Stories
Publish Date: 01/31/2023
Dimensions: 7.70" L, 5.00" W, 0.40" H
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