Things I Don’t Want To Know
Things I Don’t Want To Know
Things I Don’t Want To Know
Things I Don’t Want To Know
Things I Don’t Want To Know
Things I Don’t Want To Know
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Published: 01/01/2013
ISBN: 9781907903632
Extent: 107 pages

Things I Don’t Want To Know

Author: Deborah Levy

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Things I Don’t Want to Know is a unique response to George Orwell from one of our most vital contemporary writers. Taking Orwell’s famous list of motives for writing as the jumping-off point for a sequence of thrilling reflections on the writing life, this is a perfect companion not just to Orwell’s essay, but also to Levy’s own, essential oeuvre.

In Things I Don’t Want to Know, she writes: ‘Perhaps when Orwell described sheer egoism as a necessary quality for a writer, he was not thinking about the sheer egoism of a female writer. Even the most arrogant female writer has to work over time to build an ego that is robust enough to get her through January, never mind all the way to December.’

‘A vivid, striking account of a writer's life, which feminizes and personalizes Orwell's blunt assertions.’
Spectator
‘An inspiring work of writing.’
Marina Warner
‘Unmissable. Like chancing upon an oasis, you want to drink it slowly… Subtle, unpredictable, surprising.’
Guardian
‘An up-to-date version of A Room of One's Own . . . I suspect it will be quoted for many years to come.’
Irish Examiner
‘Levy's strength is her originality of thought and expression.’
Jeanette Winterson
‘One of the few contemporary British writers comfortable on a world stage.’
New Statesman

 

Published: 01/01/2013
ISBN: 9781907903632
Extent: 107 pages

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Things I Don’t Want to Know is a unique response to George Orwell from one of our most vital contemporary writers. Taking Orwell’s famous list of motives for writing as the jumping-off point for a sequence of thrilling reflections on the writing life, this is a perfect companion not just to Orwell’s essay, but also to Levy’s own, essential oeuvre.

In Things I Don’t Want to Know, she writes: ‘Perhaps when Orwell described sheer egoism as a necessary quality for a writer, he was not thinking about the sheer egoism of a female writer. Even the most arrogant female writer has to work over time to build an ego that is robust enough to get her through January, never mind all the way to December.’

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Weight 0.25 kg
Dimensions 19 × 12 × 1 cm
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Hardcover

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