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Not only is the novel an exploration of a seemingly failing marriage. Swimming home is definitely a work of literary fiction, as style and characterisations are more important than the plot. 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. Things i dont want to know deborah levy download free. The book opens with them discovering a naked woman in their 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. The bigger question, on which the book turns, is why joes wife, isabel, allows events to unfold as they do. Pdf swimming home book by deborah levy free download. 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. Bbc radio 4 book at bedtime, deborah levy swimming home. Just send us an email and well put the best up on the site. Sunday times deborah levy has made something strange and new. In this novel, home is elusive, safety is unlikely, and the reader closes the book both satisfied and unnerved. Pdf a place to call home book by deborah smith free.
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. Oct 04, 2012 swimming home is a simple story with complex undercurrents. Her more recent fiction has included the bookershortlisted novels swimming. None is prepared for the sight of a woman is it a bear.
The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 415 pages and is available in mass market paperback format. 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. Swimming home by deborah levy is in the man booker prize 2012. Witty and poignant, its pages melt away like an unsettling yet familiar dream. 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. Readers will have to resist the temptation to hurry up in. Buy swimming home by deborah levy from waterstones today. 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. Free download or read online a place to call home pdf epub book. Swimming home by deborah levy farm lane books blog. Swimming home is told from multiple viewpoints and several generations. Swimming home is a subversive pageturner, a merciless gaze at the insidious harm that depression can have on apparently stable, wellturnedout people. Free download or read online swimming home pdf epub book.
Deborah levy discusses her novel swimming home with james naughtie and a group of readers. Swimming home is a subversive pageturner, a merciless gaze at t. The short novel deals with the experiences of poet joe jacobs, when his family vacation is interrupted by a fanatical reader. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. As he arrives with his family at the villa in the hills above nice, joe sees a body in the swimming pool. The main characters of this fiction, literary fiction story are. Swimming home by deborah levy, 2012, bloomsbury edition, in english 1st u. Swimming home spins a richly plotted, darkly humorous, and disturbing tale of psychological unraveling. 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. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. 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.
We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. 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. As the past and the present mix, so too does socialism and sexuality. Readers will have to resist the temptation to hurry up in order to find out. Unfortunately instead of swimming home, this reader felt like she was swimming in. Instead of being transported to nice, i was constantly analyzing the character development, word choice, and turn of phrase. 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. Discover book depositorys huge selection of deborah levy books online. Pdf swimming home book by deborah levy free download 165. 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. 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. Swimming home by deborah levy overdrive rakuten overdrive. She initially concentrated on writing for the theatre her plays were staged by the royal shakespeare company before focusing on prose fiction. Swimming home by deborah levy goodreads share book. For businessexclusive pricing, quantity discounts and downloadable vat invoices.
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Levy has been shortlisted for the man booker prize twice, for swimming home and hot milk. 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. Deborah levy frsl born 6 august 1959 is a british novelist, playwright and poet. She is the author of highly praised novels, including beautiful mutants, swallowing geography, and billy and girl.
Our reward is the enjoyable, if unsettling, experience of being pitched into the deep waters of levys wry, accomplished novel. Swimming home is a novel by british writer deborah levy, published on 10 september 2012. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. 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. The short novel deals with the experiences of poet joe jacobs. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
Written by deborah levy, tom mccarthy introduction, audiobook narrated by nicola barber. In this novel, home is elusive, safety is unlikely. Levys elegant language and subtle, uncanny plot are strictly adult fare. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 165 pages and is available in paperback format. Penguin presents the audiobook edition of swimming home by deborah levy, read. Abigail deutsch, tls deborah levy has made something strange and new spiky and unsettling. First, i would like to congratulate you on all your honors for swimming home. John self, the guardian swimming home is as sharp as a wasp sting. Deborah levys swimming home, also shortlisted this year, comes in at 176 pages a diminutive thing compared to mantels hefty historical novel.
Critical reception for the novel was generally favourable. Deborah levy discusses her novel swimming home, which was shortlisted for the man booker prize in 2012. 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. In swimming home, home is elusive, safety is unlikely, and the reader closes the book both satisfied and unnerved. Swimming home and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. In this book, the wildness and the danger are all the more powerful for resting just beneath the surface. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. 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. Things i dont want to know by deborah levy, 9780241146569, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook.
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