{"product_id":"the-cost-of-living-9780241977569","title":"The Cost of Living","description":"By: Deborah Levy   | Series: Living Autobiography \u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PRIX FEMINA ETRANGER 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollowing on from the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThings I Don't Want to Know\u003c\/i\u003e, discover the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epowerful second memoir in \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Levy's essential three-part 'Living Autobiography'.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'I can't think of any writer aside from Virginia Woolf who writes better about what it is to be a woman'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e_________________________________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Life falls apart.\u003cbr\u003e We try to get a grip and hold it together.\u003cbr\u003e And then we realise we don't want to hold it together . . .'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe final instalment in Deborah Levy's critically acclaimed 'Living Autobiography',\u003ci\u003e Real Estate\u003c\/i\u003e, is available now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e_________________________________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I just haven't stopped reading it . . . it talks so beautifully about being a woman' \u003c\/b\u003eBillie Piper on BBC Radio 4's \u003ci\u003eDesert Island Discs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It is the story of every woman throughout history who has expended her love and labour on making a home that turns out to serve the needs of everyone except herself. Wonderful'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Wise, subtle and ironic, Levy's every sentence is a masterpiece of clarity and poise . . . a brilliant writer'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A graceful and lyrical rumination on the questions, \"What is a woman for? What should a woman be?\"' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTatler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Extraordinary and beautiful, suffused with wit and razor-sharp insights' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"GB - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44463129657571,"sku":"L0A-DTRPRUK-9780241977569","price":102.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":49015993368803,"sku":"L0A-DTRMCUS-9781635571912","price":134.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":49016032592099,"sku":"L0A-DTRMCUS-9781635573534","price":114.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/getimage_8ef9f229-0337-4b58-af8a-ea2fa42eb0c9.jpg?v=1735137185","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/the-cost-of-living-9780241977569","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}