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Things I Don't Want to Know

A Response to George Orwell's 1946 Essay 'Why I Write'

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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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2014
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A Response to George Orwell's 1946 Essay 'Why I Write'
Lingua
Inglese
Editore
Penguin
Pubblicato
2014
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
108
ISBN10
0241146569
ISBN13
9780241146569
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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