This short but extraordinary novel, shortlisted for the man. 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. Jul 17, 2019 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. W ith her first novel in 15 years, deborah levy has taken worn structures and made something strange and new. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 165 pages and is available in paperback format. Just send us an email and well put the best up on the site. In this book, the wildness and the danger are all the more powerful for resting just beneath the surface. 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. Bbc radio 4 book at bedtime, deborah levy swimming home. Swimming home spins a richly plotted, darkly humorous, and disturbing tale of psychological unraveling reading deborah levys swimming home is as unsettling as skating across a thinly frozen pond. 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. Oct 07, 2011 w ith her first novel in 15 years, deborah levy has taken worn structures and made something strange and new.
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. 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. When kitty finch shows up at the door of a famous british poets tony vacation getaway in the south. Sep 09, 2012 buy swimming home by deborah levy isbn. Deborah levy frsl born 6 august 1959 is a british novelist, playwright and poet. At their villa, they find a body in the swimming pool. Reading deborah levys swimming home is as unsettling as skating across a thinly frozen pond. Swimming home is a novel by british writer deborah levy, published on 10 september 2012. Deborah levy s writing combines linguistic virtuosity, technical brilliance and a strong sense of what it means to be alive. Swimming home is told from multiple viewpoints and several generations.
Deborah levy is a british playwright, novelist and poet. Pdf swimming home book by deborah levy free download. An electrifying novel about beauty, envy, and carelessness from deborah levy, author of the booker prize finalists hot milk and swimming home. She is the author of highly praised novels, including beautiful mutants, swallowing geography, and billy and girl. 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. 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. Levys eighth novel, the man who saw everything, features plenty of kissing in the middle of political upheaval, and outside it, too. Swimming home by deborah levy is in the man booker prize 2012. In true deborah levy style, this book is a devastating account of the relationships dividing and binding a commonplace collection of middle class londoners on holiday in the south of france. The prospect of a long hot summer stretches ahead of them. The man who saw everything deborah levy audio book torrent free download, 4307. Synchoresis written by deborah levy read by george blagden format. Our reward is the enjoyable, if unsettling, experience of being pitched into the deep waters of levys wry, accomplished novel. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading swimming home. Deborah levy published on 20120914 by house of anansi. Each one is fatally marked by their history, as each in their own way battles to construct a bearable life in a social world that offers little comfort or. Our reward is the enjoyable, if unsettling, experience of being pitched into the deep waters of levy s wry, accomplished novel.
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. Reading deborah levy s swimming home is as unsettling as skating across a thinly frozen pond. It is 1988 and saul adler, a narcissistic young historian, has been invited to communist east berlin to do research. 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. Sep 20, 2012 deborah levy photographed at home in north london for the observer by sophia evans. Swimming home represents a new direction for a major writer. Swimming home is a subversive pageturner, a merciless gaze at the insidious harm that depression can have on apparently stable, wellturnedout people. 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. Deborah levy photographed at home in north london for the observer by sophia evans. Swimming home was shortlisted for the man booker prize 2012 and is about a famous british poet on holiday.
Swimming home by deborah levy, 2012, bloomsbury edition, in english 1st u. Free download or read online swimming home pdf epub book. Her novel swimming home was shortlisted for the 2012 man booker prize, 2012 specsavers national book awards and 20 jewish quarterly wingate prize. As he arrives with his family at the villa in the hills above nice, joe sees a. Deborah levys swimming home, also shortlisted this year, comes in at 176 pages a diminutive thing compared to mantels hefty historical novel. The short novel deals with the experiences of poet joe jacobs, when his family vacation is interrupted by a fanatical reader. Deborah levys writing combines linguistic virtuosity, technical brilliance and a strong sense of what it means to be alive. Swimming home spins a richly plotted, darkly humorous, and disturbing tale of psychological unraveling. Swimming home by deborah levy farm lane books blog. A novel 2012 paperback and read by levy, deborah swimming home.
The independent uk swimming home is a beautiful, delicate book underpinned by a complexity that only reveals itself slowly to the. Pdf swimming home by deborah levy download pdf free ebook. Allusive, elliptical and disturbingoften funny and always acuteswimming home reminded me of virginai woolfs mrs. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The first edition of the novel was published in october 6th 2011, and was written by deborah levy. The arrival of a strange girl, kitty finch, in the midst of a. 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. She initially concentrated on writing for the theatre her plays were staged by the royal shakespeare company before focusing on prose fiction. Pdf download swimming home ebook read online more info. Editions of swimming home by deborah levy goodreads. 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. She is the author of six novels, beautiful mutants 1986. Critical reception for the novel was generally favourable.
Read swimming home a novel by deborah levy available from rakuten kobo. The main characters of this fiction, literary fiction story are. 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. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages. 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. The short novel deals with the experiences of poet joe jacobs. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. 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. Readers will have to resist the temptation to hurry up in order to find out. Pdf swimming home book by deborah levy free download 165. The familiar elements in swimming home are a middleclass holiday, two families.
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. Swimming home by deborah levy overdrive rakuten overdrive. As he arrives with his family at the villa in the hills above nice, joe sees a body in the swimming pool. Levys literary career began in the 1980s, writing plays for the royal shakespeare company and the manact theatre company in cardiff. Deborah levy discusses her novel swimming home with james naughtie and a group of readers. 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. Swimming home, her most recent novel, was serialized on bbc radio 4 as a book at bed. 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. Jul 06, 2017 deborah levy discusses her novel swimming home with james naughtie and a group of readers. Allusive, elliptical and disturbingoften funny and always acute swimming home reminded me of virginai woolfs mrs.
Swimming home is definitely a work of literary fiction, as style and characterisations are more important than the plot. Readers will have to resist the temptation to hurry up in order to find out what happens. First, i would like to congratulate you on all your honors for swimming home. Levy has been shortlisted for the man booker prize twice, for swimming home and hot milk. 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 french villa. Dark, dangerous and unknowable, this novel, like the pool at its centre with its covering of fallen leaves has hidden depths and dangers that might just make it.