Her novel swimming home was shortlisted for the 2012 man booker prize, 2012 specsavers national book awards and 20 jewish quarterly wingate prize. W ith her first novel in 15 years, deborah levy has taken worn structures and made something strange and new. Deborah levy is a british playwright, novelist and poet. Swimming home by deborah levy bloomsbury usa this awkward vacation is interrupted by the discovery of a beautiful young woman floating naked in. She initially concentrated on writing for the theatre her plays were staged by the royal shakespeare company before focusing on prose fiction. Swimming home spins a richly plotted, darkly humorous, and disturbing tale of psychological unraveling. As we continue reading, we realize that swimming home is unlike anything but itself. Abigail deutsch, tls deborah levy has made something strange and new spiky and unsettling. When kitty finch shows up at the door of a famous british poets tony vacation getaway in the south of france, she makes quite an impression. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 165 pages and is available in paperback format. In this book, the wildness and the danger are all the more powerful for resting just beneath the surface.
Deborah levy frsl born 6 august 1959 is a british novelist, playwright and poet. Nov 06, 2012 swimming home by deborah levy bloomsbury usa this awkward vacation is interrupted by the discovery of a beautiful young woman floating naked in the pool, which joe thinks of as a grave. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. 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. The main characters of this fiction, literary fiction story are. Oct 07, 2011 w ith her first novel in 15 years, deborah levy has taken worn structures and made something strange and new. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The short novel deals with the experiences of poet joe jacobs, when his family vacation is interrupted by a fanatical reader.
Deborah levy s writing combines linguistic virtuosity, technical brilliance and a strong sense of what it means to be alive. Levys eighth novel, the man who saw everything, features plenty of. Her dazzling novel swimming home, just shortlisted for the man booker prize. 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. Swimming home by deborah levy overdrive rakuten overdrive. The prospect of a long hot summer stretches ahead of them. Swimming home is a novel by british writer deborah levy, published in 2011. Readers will have to resist the temptation to hurry up in order to find out what happens. Sep 20, 2012 deborah levy photographed at home in north london for the observer by sophia evans. From the first brief chapters of deborah levys spare, disturbing and. Editions of swimming home by deborah levy goodreads. Pdf swimming home book by deborah levy free download 165. African jewelry to the edge of bankruptcy and financial freefall.
Swimming home is a subversive pageturner, a merciless gaze at t. Shortlisted for the 2016 man booker prize, hot milk moves gracefully among pathos, danger, and humor the new york times. I have been sleuthing my mothers symptoms for as long as i can remember. Now we shall be entirely free the waterstones scottish book of the year 2019 ebook.
The independent uk swimming home is a beautiful, delicate book underpinned by a complexity that only reveals itself slowly to the. Deborah levy published on 20120914 by house of anansi shortlisted for the man booker prize and selected as a new york times notable book, swimming home is a sexy psychological thriller from a highly acclaimed writer. Bookernominated writer deborah levy talks to kate kellaway about her dazzling. The powerful second memoir from the twiceman booker prizeshortlisted author of hot milk and swimming home life falls apart. Deborah levy photographed at home in north london for the observer by sophia evans. A novel 2012 paperback and read by levy, deborah swimming home. Free download or read online swimming home pdf epub book. 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, when his family. Just send us an email and well put the best up on the site. Critical reception for the novel was generally favourable. John self, the guardian swimming home is as sharp as a wasp sting.
At their villa, they find a body in the swimming pool. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Buy swimming home by deborah levy from waterstones today. Buy a cheap copy of swimming home book by deborah levy. W hen deborah levy was a child, growing up in apartheid south africa, her mother used to tell her bedtime stories. 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.
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. The first edition of the novel was published in october 6th 2011, and was written by deborah levy. Jul 06, 2017 deborah levy discusses her novel swimming home with james naughtie and a group of readers. 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. Hot milk by deborah levy, 9780241968031, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Weve decided to keep guardian journalism free for all readers. Swimming home represents a new direction for a major writer. A poet, his wife, her daughter and their friends arrive at the french riviera. Levy has been shortlisted for the man booker prize twice, for swimming home and hot milk. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on. Not only is the novel an exploration of a seemingly failing marriage.
Apr 05, 2018 penguin presents the audiobook edition of swimming home by deborah levy, read by sophie ward. Swimming home, her most recent novel, was serialized on bbc radio 4 as a book at bed. Pdf swimming home by deborah levy download pdf free ebook. W hen deborah levy was a child, growing up in apartheid south africa, her mother used to. An electrifying and audacious novel about beauty, envy, and carelessness by deborah levy. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages. Swimming home is told from multiple viewpoints and several generations.
Oct 04, 2012 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. Swimming home was shortlisted for the man booker prize 2012 and is about a famous british poet on holiday. Swimming home was also shortlisted for the new york times notable book of 2012 and the jewish quarterlywingate prize 20. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with the free kindle.
Pdf swimming home book by deborah levy free download. Reading deborah levy s swimming home is as unsettling as skating across a thinly frozen pond. Swimming home by deborah levy is in the man booker prize 2012. 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. Read swimming home a novel by deborah levy available from rakuten kobo. But what we dont understand for a while is what sort of novel were reading. As he arrives with his family at the villa in the hills above nice, joe sees a body in the swimming pool. She is the author of six novels, beautiful mutants 1986. Swimming home is definitely a work of literary fiction, as style and characterisations are more important than the plot. Swimming home is a subversive pageturner, a merciless gaze at the insidious harm that depression can have on apparently stable, wellturnedout people.
My only previous exposure to levy was reading her most recent book hot milk, and this. Allusive, elliptical and disturbingoften funny and always acute swimming home reminded me of virginai woolfs mrs. The familiar elements in swimming home are a middleclass holiday, two families. Penguin presents the audiobook edition of swimming home by deborah levy, read by sophie ward a poet, his wife, her daughter and their friends arrive at the french riviera. Sep 09, 2012 buy swimming home by deborah levy isbn. Reading deborah levys swimming home is as unsettling as skating across a thinly frozen pond. Read the man who saw everything by deborah levy available from rakuten kobo.