The stories in Black Vodka, by acclaimed author Deborah Levy, are perfectly formed worlds unto themselves, written in elegant yet economical prose. She is a master of the short story, exploring loneliness and belonging; violence and tenderness; the ephemeral and the solid; the grotesque and the beautiful; love and infidelity; and fluid identities national, cultural, and personal. In "Shining a Light," a woman's lost luggage is juxtaposed with far more serious losses. An icy woman seduces a broken man in "Vienna," and a man's empathy threatens to destroy him in "Stardust Nation." "Cave Girl" features a girl who wants to be a different kind of woman--she succeeds in a shocking way. A deformed man seeks beauty amid his angst in the title story. These are twenty-first century lives dissected with razor-sharp humor and curiosity. Published simultaneously with Things I Don't Want to Know: On Writing, Levy's stories will send you tumbling into a rabbit hole, and you won't be able to scramble out until long after you've turned the last page. "Deborah Levy showed she is a top-hitting novelist with a Man Booker Prize shortlist place for Swimming Home. Can she conquer the genre which demands she fashion perfect jewels? . . . Yes, Levy can do macro- and microcosm. These tales of unconventional love reinforce her reputation as a major contemporary writer who never pulls her punches." --The Independent
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Deborah Levy
Deborah Levy nasceu em Joanesburgo, África do Sul, em 1959. É autora de sete romances e foi indicada duas vezes ao Goldsmiths Prize e três vezes ao Man Booker Prize. Já teve obras encenadas pela Royal Shakespeare Company e sua coletânea de contos, <i>Black Vodka</i>, foi indicada para o International Frank O’Connor Short Story Award. Membro da Royal Society of Literature, Levy é também autora de uma trilogia de memórias formalmente inovadora, sua “Autobiografia Viva”, da qual <i>Coisas que não quero saber</i> e <i>O custo de vida</i>, primeiro e segundo volumes, ganharam o Prix Femina Etranger 2020.
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