{"product_id":"deborah-levy-erindringstrilogi","title":"Deborah Levy - The Cost of Life - Winter","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDeborah Levy is now in her 50s and her life is falling apart. The marriage has broken up, the mother is dying and the daughters are on their way out into the world. Levy herself is desperately looking for a place to write and eventually finds it – in a tool shed under an apple tree in a friend's garden.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith effortless elegance, Deborah Levy moves between past and present, between small everyday situations and sharp literary observations, and the result is an exuberant portrait of a writing woman's life, full of wit, depth and human insight.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe trilogy became an international phenomenon, praised for its elegant, genre-breaking style, also by Danish reviewers, and has been called a modern coming-of-middle-age. Levy herself calls it a 'living autobiography', written while life rages around her and not in the clear light of reflection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe reviewers wrote\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"As soon as I had read \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Cost of Life\u003c\/em\u003e to the end, I wanted to start over... Levy is at once splendidly read and completely free in his movement through the text.\"\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e♥♥♥♥♥\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolitiken\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Fabulous... Deborah Levy excels in the art of writing so passionately about the personal that it becomes universal, and the sparks leap from the pages and leave a shining splinter in the reader's eye.\"\u003c\/span\u003e ★★★★★\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJyllands-Posten\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \"Levy is really funny in this two, but she's also tart, elegant and hyper-literary.\" Information\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"In the second volume of her memoir trilogy, Deborah Levy is seized by the attention-enhancing attributes of the state of chaos, and so does the reader. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe costs of life\u003c\/i\u003e almost tremble in the hand thanks to the almost manic energy with which it is written.'\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWeekend newspaper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \"The obvious precision of the words, the twinkling, unsentimental and dryly humorous tone, have also found their way nicely into the Danish translations.\" Kristeligt Dagblad\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \"If you loved \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThings I Don't Want to Know\u003c\/em\u003e [...], then you will be blown away by \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Cost of Life\u003c\/em\u003e . It is one of those rare books that you will come back to several times in your life.''\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e» I LOVED \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Cost of Life\u003c\/em\u003e by Deborah Levy! Perfect, compact combi of something thought-provoking, something funny, something existential and something sharp - and all the time super elegant and quotable worded!« Book review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \"Once again I was completely absorbed and blown away by Deborah Levy's beautiful language, beautiful metaphors and fine reflections on life and living it.\" Bogblogger.dk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e »Deborah is sharp and the book is full of goodies... Do yourself a favor, pop down to your bookstore and get your hands on \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Costs of Life\u003c\/em\u003e - now!« ★★★★★★ The Book Gang\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Now it [...] is not the child's perspective, but the grown-up writing woman, mother and daughter, who tries to make life come together; an electric bike to get up the hill, and a shed \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eof one's own\u003c\/em\u003e to write in while the apples rattle down on the roof. A really colorful and cute bi-character gallery helps the plot along and teaches us something about different communities... As far as I understand, Vinter has bought all the rights, so I'm looking forward to \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReal Estate\u003c\/em\u003e too! Am emotionally invested now, sgu.« Litteratur.dk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe trilogy consists of\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThings I don't want to know\u003cbr\u003e Cost of living\u003cbr\u003e Real estate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeborah Levy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(b. 1959 in South Africa) is an award-winning author, poet and playwright. She made her novel debut in 1989 and has since published a large number of novels, short story collections, poetry collections and plays. She was associated with \u003ci\u003ethe Royal Shakespeare Company\u003c\/i\u003e as a playwright for a number of years and has twice been shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize for the novels \u003ci\u003eSwimming Home\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and \u003ci\u003eHot Milk\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). She has received several awards for her trilogy, including the distinguished Prix Femina.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vinter Forlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57688938611012,"sku":"584999","price":650.0,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8292\/8547\/files\/IMG_1113_2fb53ab4-abe6-4c2a-a5b9-cf46e8f9fda9.jpg?v=1793972011","url":"https:\/\/norrleostudio.dk\/en\/products\/deborah-levy-erindringstrilogi","provider":"NØRR \u0026 LEO STUDIO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}