{"product_id":"things-i-dont-want-to-know-on-writing-paperback","title":"Things I Don't Want to Know: On Writing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeborah Levy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo be published simultaneously with \u003ci\u003eBlack Vodka\u003c\/i\u003e, the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted writer's new collection of short stories, a shimmering jewel of a book about writing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlending personal history, gender politics, philosophy, and literary theory into a luminescent treatise on writing, love, and loss, \u003ci\u003eThings I Don't Want to Know\u003c\/i\u003e is Deborah Levy's witty response to George Orwell's influential essay \"Why I Write.\" Orwell identified four reasons he was driven to hammer at his typewriter-political purpose, historical impulse, sheer egoism, and aesthetic enthusiasm-and Levy's newest work riffs on these same commitments from a female writer's perspective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs she struggles to balance womanhood, motherhood, and her writing career, Levy identifies some of the real-life experiences that have shaped her novels, including her family's emigration from South Africa in the era of apartheid; her teenage years in the UK where she played at being a writer in the company of builders and bus drivers in cheap diners; and her theater-writing days touring Poland in the midst of Eastern Europe's economic crisis, where she observed how a soldier tenderly kissed the women in his life goodbye. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning continents (Africa and Europe) and decades (we meet the author at seven, fifteen, and fifty), \u003ci\u003eThings I Don't Want to Know\u003c\/i\u003e brings the reader into a writer's heart.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Levy, \u003c\/b\u003ea Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, writes fiction, plays, and poetry. Her work has been staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, widely broadcast on the BBC, and translated into fourteen languages. Her works include the novels\u003ci\u003e Hot Milk \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSwimming Home\u003c\/i\u003e (both Man Booker Prize finalists), \u003ci\u003eThe Unloved\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBilly and Girl\u003c\/i\u003e; the story collection\u003ci\u003e Black Vodka\u003c\/i\u003e; and the non-fiction Living Autobiography Trilogy: \u003ci\u003eThings I Don't Want to Know\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCost of Living\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eReal Estate\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 10, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50337342423277,"sku":"9781635572247","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/nXJjFfFa29781635572247.webp?v=1785060636","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/things-i-dont-want-to-know-on-writing-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}