The Cost of Living

A Living Autobiography

Author  Deborah Levy
The Cost of Living

A New York Times Notable Book of 2018

Longlisted for the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

From the twice-Booker-shortlisted author comes a witty and audacious examination of writing and womanhood

"Life falls apart. We try to get a grip. We try to hold it together. And then we realize that we don't want to hold it together."

Crystalline, witty and audacious, The Cost of Living addresses itself to the dual experiences of writing and of womanhood, examining what is essential in each. Following the acclaimed Things I Don't Want to Know, which reflected deeply on the nature of gender politics and a life in letters, The Cost of Living returns to the same subject and to the same life, to find a…

$22.00
August 21, 2018
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