Deborah levys swimming home, also shortlisted this year, comes in at 176 pages a diminutive thing compared to mantels hefty historical novel. Deborah levy frsl born 6 august 1959 is a british novelist, playwright and poet. Deborah levys new book swimming home is constructed like a play with a central stage and a cast of characters, and it unfolds like a drama in hot short vignettes but it reads like a. As the past and the present mix, so too does socialism and sexuality.
In this book, the wildness and the danger are all the more powerful for resting just beneath the surface. Levys elegant language and subtle, uncanny plot are strictly adult fare. Sunday times deborah levy has made something strange and new. Swimming home audiobook by deborah levy, tom mccarthy. First, i would like to congratulate you on all your honors for swimming home. Both profound and thrilling, deborah levy explores what it means to be alive and how the most devastating secrets are the ones we keep from ourselves. Reading deborah levy s swimming home is as unsettling as skating across a thinly frozen pond.
Abigail deutsch, tls deborah levy has made something strange and new spiky and unsettling. The audacious and elegiac second installment in her living autobiography on writing and womanhood, from the twiceman booker prizeshortlisted author of hot milk and swimming home following the acclaimed things i dont want to know, deborah levy returns to the subject of her life in letters. The first edition of the novel was published in 1997, and was written by deborah smith. The short novel deals with the experiences of poet joe jacobs, when his family vacation is interrupted by a fanatical reader. Written by deborah levy, tom mccarthy introduction, audiobook narrated by nicola barber. From the first brief chapters of deborah levys spare, disturbing and frequently funny novel. Swimming home is a subversive pageturner, a merciless gaze at the insidious harm that depression can have on apparently stable, wellturnedout people.
As with her earlier, equally accomplished book swimming home, a febrile tale of desire and betrayal. Deborah levys writing combines linguistic virtuosity, technical brilliance and a strong sense of what it means to be alive. Our reward is the enjoyable, if unsettling, experience of being pitched into the deep waters of levys wry, accomplished novel. In this novel, home is elusive, safety is unlikely, and the reader closes the book both satisfied and unnerved. Pdf swimming home book by deborah levy free download 165. Swimming home spins a richly plotted, darkly humorous, and disturbing tale of psychological unraveling. Her novel swimming home was shortlisted for the 2012 man booker prize, 2012 specsavers national book awards and 20 jewish quarterly wingate prize. The book opens with them discovering a naked woman in their swimming pool.
In swimming home, home is elusive, safety is unlikely, and the reader closes the book both satisfied and unnerved. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on. Levy has been shortlisted for the man booker prize twice, for swimming home and hot milk. Her more recent fiction has included the bookershortlisted novels swimming. Yet levys little book while it may not have won is a potent thing, with a power to unsettle thats entirely disproportionate to its size. Deborah levy is a british novelist, short story writer, playwright and poet, whose proficiency across multiple literary forms marks her out as one of the great contemporary literary figures. Set in a summer villa, the story is tautly structured, taking place over a single week in which a group of beautiful, flawed tourists in the french riviera come loose at the seams. Swimming home available for download and read online in other formats. Swimming home spins a richly plotted, darkly humorous, and disturbing tale of psychological unraveling reading deborah levys swimming home is as unsettling as skating across a thinly frozen pond.
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You know you will fall through, tumbling into the deep, murky waters below the storys surface, but you are never sure exactly when or how. Critical reception for the novel was generally favourable. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 165 pages and is available in paperback format. Free download or read online swimming home pdf epub book. Philip womack is gripped by deborah levys swimming home, shortlisted for the 2012 man booker prize, an original take on the middleclass villa holiday novel. Swimming home by deborah levy 2011 and other stories 2011 165 pp this years judges of the man booker prize seem to have quite a task in front of them when they sit to whittle the longlist down to a shortlist. Free download or read online a place to call home pdf epub book. Discover book depositorys huge selection of deborah levy books online. It is set in a french villa where two couples are sharing a holiday together. Deborah levys haunting story about the arrival of a strange girl at a holiday in nice. Deborah levy discusses her novel swimming home, which was shortlisted for the man booker prize in 2012.
Swimming home is told from multiple viewpoints and several generations. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Swimming home by deborah levy, 2012, bloomsbury edition, in english 1st u. Download these highlights and all our programmes via the iplayer radio. For businessexclusive pricing, quantity discounts and downloadable vat invoices. Pdf swimming home book by deborah levy free download. Jul 06, 2017 deborah levy discusses her novel swimming home with james naughtie and a group of readers. Sep 20, 2012 but i am not sure that any of these quite capture deborah levy s imagination or explain swimming home, which at one point she sums up to me, perfectly, as a pageturner about sorrow. As a book on its own swimming home is quite dull, but if you take it as a reflection on the literature of the last hundred years, it is probably genius the thoughts of other bloggers. I abandoned swimming home about twothirds into reading it. Just send us an email and well put the best up on the site. Naomi benaron, whose bellwether prize winning first novel, running the rift, is set during the rwandan genocide, chats with deborah levy about her latest novel, swimming home.
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of swimming home by deborah levy, read. Pdf a place to call home book by deborah smith free. Its a very hot milk was one of my favourite reads of last year, so i was beyond delighted to discover that i had on my bookshelves another levy novel and one that was nominated for the man booker prize, no less. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The bigger question, on which the book turns, is why joes wife, isabel, allows events to unfold as they do. Swimming home is a subversive pageturner, a merciless gaze at t. Buy swimming home by deborah levy from waterstones today. As he arrives with his family at the villa in the hills above nice, joe sees a body in the swimming pool. Unfortunately instead of swimming home, this reader felt like she was swimming in. Swimming home by deborah levy is in the man booker prize 2012.
Swimming home represents a new direction for a major writer. Swimming home was shortlisted for the man booker prize 2012 and is about a famous british poet on holiday. When it comes to language, levy has an eye for the aesthetic. Swimming home and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 415 pages and is available in mass market paperback format. Swimming home, her most recent novel, was serialized on bbc radio 4 as a book at bed. Instead of being transported to nice, i was constantly analyzing the character development, word choice, and turn of phrase. Things i dont want to know deborah levy download free. Witty and poignant, its pages melt away like an unsettling yet familiar dream. Oct 30, 2012 deborah levys swimming home, also shortlisted this year, comes in at 176 pages a diminutive thing compared to mantels hefty historical novel. The main characters of this fiction, literary fiction story are. The main characters of this romance, romance story are. But i am not sure that any of these quite capture deborah levys imagination or explain swimming home, which at one point she sums up to me, perfectly, as. Readers will have to resist the temptation to hurry up in.
She is the author of highly praised novels, including beautiful mutants, swallowing geography, and billy and girl. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Not only is the novel an exploration of a seemingly failing marriage. Swimming home by deborah levy overdrive rakuten overdrive. Swimming home by deborah levy farm lane books blog. None is prepared for the sight of a woman is it a bear. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The pervading scent of menace in this novel is overpowering and disquieting. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Deborah levy discusses her novel swimming home with james naughtie and a group of readers. The short novel deals with the experiences of poet joe jacobs. Swimming home is definitely a work of literary fiction, as style and characterisations are more important than the plot. In this novel, home is elusive, safety is unlikely.
Oct 17, 2012 the man bookershortlisted swimming home begins with the sight of a naked female swimmer who inveigles her way into the lives of a group of holiday guests at a french villa. Philadelphia city institute as he arrives with his family at the villa in the hills above nice, joe sees a body in the swimming pool. Aug 07, 2012 philip womack is gripped by deborah levy s swimming home, shortlisted for the 2012 man booker prize, an original take on the middleclass villa holiday novel. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Levy winds her characters up and watches them go, and they do as most humans do, which is to mess up in the face of desire.
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