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'In her powerful rejoinder to Orwell, Deborah Levy responds to his proposed motives for writing -- 'sheer egoism', 'aesthetic enthusiasm', 'historical impulse' and 'political purpose' -- with illuminating moments of autobiography. A vivid, striking account of a writer's life, which feminises and personalises Orwell's blunt assertions' Spectator
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Things I Don't Want to Know, Deborah Levy
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- Released
- 2014
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Subtitle
- A Response to George Orwell's 1946 Essay 'Why I Write'
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Deborah Levy
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 108
- ISBN10
- 0241146569
- ISBN13
- 9780241146569
- Series
- Living Autobiography
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, True Stories, Biographies, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Opinion Journalism & Essays, Feminism, Writing
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- 'In her powerful rejoinder to Orwell, Deborah Levy responds to his proposed motives for writing -- 'sheer egoism', 'aesthetic enthusiasm', 'historical impulse' and 'political purpose' -- with illuminating moments of autobiography. A vivid, striking account of a writer's life, which feminises and personalises Orwell's blunt assertions' Spectator