Deborah Levy
British novelist and playwright whose literary fiction explores female desire, identity, and the domestic trap with cool, aphoristic precision. Swimming Home and Hot Milk have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Her living autobiography trilogy is a celebrated work of autofiction.
Works
- Swimming HomeNovel about a woman's sudden death affecting a family summer reunion
- Hot MilkNovel about a woman caring for her mother and seeking her own identity
- Black VodkaCollection of experimental stories exploring desire, art, and transgression
- The Man Who Saw EverythingNovel following a man and woman across time and memory in Berlin
- Things I Don't Want to KnowMemoir exploring the author's mother and literary desire