Black Vodka: Shortlisted for the 2013 Frank O'Connor International Short Story A

Description: Black Vodka by Deborah Levy 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. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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; in London, a bird mimics an old-fashioned telephone; in adland, a sleek copywriter becomes a kind of shaman. These are twenty-first century lives dissected with razor-sharp humour and curiosity, stories about what it means to live and love, together and alone. Notes A new edition of the collection of short stories by an author who has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize twice. Levys pen is a volatile weapon The Observer Author Biography 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. Levys short stories, Black Vodka (2013), were shortlisted for the BBC International Short Story Award and the Frank OConnor International Short Story Award. She has written for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the BBC. Her latest novel, Hot Milk, was shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize. Review These tales of unconventional love reinforce Levys 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 are fragmentary, elliptical. The Guardian ----------- Levys pen is a volatile weapon. The Observer ----------- Levy sensitively conveys the phenomenology of textures, of skin and breath. Embedded in her coiled, polished sentences is the drive that pushes us together, and forces us apart. Times Literary Supplement Details ISBN1911508091 Author Deborah Levy Publisher And Other Stories Year 2017 ISBN-10 1911508091 ISBN-13 9781911508090 Format Paperback Media Book Pages 144 Publication Date 2017-02-01 UK Release Date 2017-02-01 Imprint And Other Stories Place of Publication High Wycombe Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2017-02-01 NZ Release Date 2017-02-01 Subtitle Shortlisted for the 2013 Frank OConnor International Short Story Award Edition Description New edition DEWEY 823.92 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:102063842;

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