{"product_id":"the-cost-of-living-a-working-autobiography-paperback","title":"The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeborah Levy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling exploration of the dimensions of love, marriage, mourning, and kinship from two-time Booker Prize finalist Deborah Levy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New York Public Library Best Nonfiction Book of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat does it cost a woman to unsettle old boundaries and collapse the social hierarchies that make her a minor character in a world not arranged to her advantage? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis vibrant memoir, a portrait of contemporary womanhood in flux, is an urgent quest to find an unwritten major female character who can exist more easily in the world. Levy considers what it means to live with meaning, value, and pleasure, to seize the ultimate freedom of writing our own lives, and reflects on the work of such artists and thinkers as Simone de Beauvoir, James Baldwin, Elena Ferrante, Marguerite Duras, David Lynch, and Emily Dickinson. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Living\u003c\/i\u003e, longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal in Nonfiction, is crucial testimony, as distinctive, witty, complex, and original as Levy's acclaimed novels.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Levy, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eFRSL\u003c\/b\u003e, writes fiction, plays, and poetry. Her work has been staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, widely broadcast on the BBC, and translated into fourteen languages. The author of highly praised novels, including \u003ci\u003eHot Milk \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSwimming Home\u003c\/i\u003e (both Man Booker Prize finalists), \u003ci\u003eThe Unloved\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Billy and Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, the story collection \u003ci\u003eBlack Vodka\u003c\/i\u003e, and the essay \u003ci\u003eThings I Don't Want to Know\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eshe lives in Londo\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987406749997,"sku":"9781635573534","price":18.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/ZWsvUjBSeGIzMlkzdnY1Y3Y0amRLUT09.webp?v=1776178535","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-cost-of-living-a-working-autobiography-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}