{"product_id":"the-cost-of-living-hardcover-by-deborah-levy","title":"The Cost of Living Hardcover by Deborah Levy","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eHamish Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2018-08-21)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e208\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780735236516\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e300.51\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e8.29 x 5.5 x 0.72\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the twice-Booker-shortlisted author comes a witty and audacious examination of writing and womanhood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrystalline, witty and audacious, \u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Living\u003c\/i\u003e addresses itself to the dual experiences of writing and of womanhood, examining what is essential in each. Following the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThings I Don't Want to Know\u003c\/i\u003e, which reflected deeply on the nature of gender politics and a life in letters, \u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Living\u003c\/i\u003e returns to the same subject and to the same life, to find a writer in radical flux. If a woman dismantles her life, expands it and puts it back together in a new shape, how might she describe this new composition? \"Words have to open the mind. When words close the mind you can be sure that someone has been reduced to nothingness.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this elegiac second instalment of her \"living autobiography\", Deborah Levy considers what it means to live with value and meaning and pleasure. \u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Living\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital and astonishing testimony, as distinctive, wide-ranging and original as Levy's acclaimed novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eDEBORAH LEVY writes fiction, plays, and poetry. Her work has been staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, broadcast on the BBC, and widely translated. She is the author of several highly praised novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Saw Everything\u003c\/i\u003e (long-listed for the Booker Prize), \u003ci\u003eHot Milk\u003c\/i\u003e and \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 acclaimed story collection \u003ci\u003eBlack Vodka\u003c\/i\u003e; and a three-part autobiography, \u003ci\u003eThings I Don’t Want to Know\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Living\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eReal Estate\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in London and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45452244680865,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780735236516","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780735236516.jpg?v=1764261691","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-cost-of-living-hardcover-by-deborah-levy","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}