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Real Estate

Living Autobiography 3

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Real Estate

By: Deborah Levy
Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
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From one of the great thinkers and writers of our time, comes the highly anticipated final instalment in Deborah Levy's critically acclaimed Living Autobiography.

Following the international critical acclaim of The Cost of Living, this final volume of Deborah Levy's Living Autobiography is an exhilarating, thought-provoking and boldly intimate meditation on home and the spectres that haunt it.

'I began to wonder what myself and all unwritten and unseen women would possess in their property portfolios at the end of their lives. Literally, her physical property and possessions, and then everything else she valued, though it might not be valued by society. What might she claim, own, discard and bequeath? Or is she the real estate, owned by patriarchy? In this sense, real estate is a tricky business. We rent it and buy it, sell and inherit it - but we must also knock it down.'

'Three bicycles. Seven ghosts. A crumbling apartment block on the hill. Fame. Tenderness. The statue of Peter Pan. Silk. Melancholy. The banana tree. A Pandemic. A love story.'

©2021 Deborah Levy (P)2021 Penguin Audio Essays Nonfiction Haunted Biography Real Estate
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I enjoyed Levy's reflections on the year in which she turned 60, and writing, children, friends, men, love, travel, home, home making, where to live, cooking, swimming, shoes, daily life and male bullies at parties. I spend a lot of time thinking about these things myself and it was interesting to follow her perambulations. Satisfying conclusion!

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expat superb companion. LOVED IT. 💐🌷🌺 Might listen again.
Will check for new audio books.

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