Why the novel matters
We read and write fiction because it asks impossible questions, and leads us boldly into the unknown.
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Deborah Levy
Deborah Levy is a novelist, playwright and poet. Her work includes the novels Swimming Home (2011), Hot Milk (2016), The Man Who saw Everything (2019) and August Blue (2023).
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Deborah Levy’s Diary: Floating saunas in Oslo, outsourcing emotions, and a very good month for the patriarchy
The idea is that you can swelter in a log-fired cabin and then dive into the freezing sea. Something to…
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The photo that shaped me: Deborah Levy on Sister Rosetta Tharpe
The godmother of rock’n’roll is my role model for middle age, old age and any age.
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Postcard from Paris: scared about everything
Surrealism, strikers on the streets and viral anxiety in the French capital.
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Conjuring the ghost of Leonard Cohen on Hydra
As I try to relax on the Greek island, which is romantically haunted by Cohen and Marianne Ihlen, I am yet further haunted…
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Postcards Home: Haunted by the scent of cologne
A trip to Barcelona, on a hot summer day, sparks thoughts on Orwell, nationalism and a shellfish lunch with…
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Postcards from Paris
Sketches from the French capital, in the first of Deborah Levy's new series of travelogues for the NS.
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Can an exhibition of her most intimate possessions bring us any closer to Frida Kahlo?
Deborah Levy visits Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up at the V&A.
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Deborah Levy on Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie: “Britain needs this so much more than Brexit”
From the Long Players series: writers on their most cherished albums.
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