![]() ![]() ![]() Jennifer brings her camera and a stepladder and sets up the shot, but as Saul starts to cross the street, a car brushes him. Levy also questions the price of gender roles in “The Cost of Living,” an exploration she continues in “The Man Who Saw Everything,” which also considers the effects of such roles on the ideas of beauty, truth and how the past and present converge.īy clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. It’s her 13th book, arriving on the heels of her unique and brilliant memoir “The Cost of Living,” which examines her painful divorce, the loss of her mother and questions about what we value in life and why. Levy’s novels “Hot Milk” and “Swimming Home” were shortlisted for the Booker Prize, back before it dropped “Man” from its title “The Man Who Saw Everything” was longlisted this year. “The Man Who Saw Everything” is just such a book, and reading it is the best possible sort of challenge. Her novels are deceptively slim in length, but supersized with profound ideas that defy preconceived notions and easy interpretations. She is a careful and intelligent writer with an absolute command of language, one who demands you not only to pay close attention, but also second-guess your immediate reactions and responses to her work. ![]() Reading Deborah Levy’s novels is a lesson in humility. ![]()
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