'Unmissable. Like chancing upon an oasis, you want to drink it slowly... Subtle, unpredictable, surprising' Guardian
Things I Don't Want to Know is the first in Deborah Levy's essential three-part 'Living Autobiography' on writing and womanhood.
Taking George Orwell's famous essay, 'Why I Write', as a jumping-off point, Deborah Levy offers her own indispensable reflections of the writing life. With wit, clarity and calm brilliance, she considers how the writer must stake claim to that contested territory as a young woman and shape it to her need. Things I Don't Want to Know is a work of dazzling insight and deep psychological succour, from one of our most vital contemporary writers.
'Superb sharpness and originality of imagination. An inspiring work of writing' Marina Warner
Deborah Levy writes fiction, plays, and poetry. Her work has been staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and she is the author of highly praised books including The Unloved, Swallowing Geography, and Beautiful Mutants. Her novel Swimming Home was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize, 2012 Specsavers National Book awards, and 2013 Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize. Her recen...
Deborah Levy writes fiction, plays, and poetry. Her work has been staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and she is the author of highly praised books including The Unloved, Swallowing Geography, and Beautiful Mutants. Her novel Swimming Home was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize, 2012 Specsavers National Book awards, and 2013 Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize. Her recent short story collection, Black Vodka, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Things I Don’t Want to Know is the title of Levy’s sparkling response to George Orwell’s essay ‘Why I Write’, an autobiographical essay on writing, gender politics and philosophy. Her collection of poetry, An Amorous Discourse in The Suburbs of Hell, was inspired by William Blake’s vision of angels perched in a tree on Peckham Common.
reading on an afternoon with improper clothes for the emerging spring, in Ldn somewhere not that far away from West Finchley but quite far from South Africa..For what I want to write about this book, ...reading on an afternoon with improper clothes for the emerging spring, in Ldn somewhere not that far away from West Finchley but quite far from South Africa..For what I want to write about this book, I am struggling to use the language in a deliberate way but turning out to be any ungraspable murmur as always. I mean, a perfect one for the season(展开)
'It's exhausting to learn how to become a subject, it's hard enough learning how to become a writer.'
'We were on the run from the lies concealed in the language of politics, from myths about our cha...'It's exhausting to learn how to become a subject, it's hard enough learning how to become a writer.'
'We were on the run from the lies concealed in the language of politics, from myths about our character and our purposes in life.'(展开)
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. – George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945) You are – your life, and nothing else. – Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exist (1944) It was said that I refused to grand any value to the maternal instinct and t...
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0 有用 懒超人 2023-08-16 21:57:15 北京
好的文字应该是无性别的，就算是在谈论性别。作者明显还没到那个火候。
0 有用 47.xxx 2022-12-12 19:43:28 北京
昨天看到凌晨快一点，今早7点起床接着看，终于在上班前看完。最近在发的疯叫做Deborah Levy。南非太动人。原来第一本不是关于婚姻的破裂，而是无法逃脱的过去不断回到现在。
0 有用 Valentine 2023-03-23 20:38:44 山西
witty
0 有用 salt 2024-01-23 20:57:00 澳大利亚
她不想知道the Societal System安排给女性的角色，不想知道她究竟为什么在电梯上无故流泪，不想知道种族隔离制度下身边人和自己的遭遇，但她知道她必须speak up and speak loud.
0 有用 Laurie 2023-07-15 09:03:50 澳大利亚
2023.01.01 果然还是赶在2022结束前读完这本了。马略卡的雪天里，与中国籍小商店店主的际会里生出关于南非和英国的回忆。在异乡做异乡人，你我皆是。（ps我还是很喜欢她的叙事方式。）
0 有用 xūan 2024-05-07 19:34:14 英国
reading on an afternoon with improper clothes for the emerging spring, in Ldn somewhere not that far away from West Finchley but quite far from South Africa..For what I want to write about this book, ... reading on an afternoon with improper clothes for the emerging spring, in Ldn somewhere not that far away from West Finchley but quite far from South Africa..For what I want to write about this book, I am struggling to use the language in a deliberate way but turning out to be any ungraspable murmur as always. I mean, a perfect one for the season (展开)
0 有用 郭京飞（不诈骗 2024-03-10 17:02:17 广东
看完中文译本，换原著看看
0 有用 salt 2024-01-23 20:57:00 澳大利亚
她不想知道the Societal System安排给女性的角色，不想知道她究竟为什么在电梯上无故流泪，不想知道种族隔离制度下身边人和自己的遭遇，但她知道她必须speak up and speak loud.
0 有用 泽不伐夭 2024-01-23 09:14:52 日本
"Even more useful to a writer than a room of her own is an extension lead and a variety of adaptors for Europe,Asia and Africa."
0 有用 昨日世界 2023-12-14 13:56:03 浙江
'It's exhausting to learn how to become a subject, it's hard enough learning how to become a writer.' 'We were on the run from the lies concealed in the language of politics, from myths about our cha... 'It's exhausting to learn how to become a subject, it's hard enough learning how to become a writer.' 'We were on the run from the lies concealed in the language of politics, from myths about our character and our purposes in life.' (展开)