'Real Estate' ls An Elegant Exploration Of The Concept Of — And Desire For — Home
The third installment of British writer Deborah Levy's excellent Living Autobiography is largely a book about the collisions of fantasies and real life — or perhaps a synthesis of the two.
Late in Real Estate, the third installment of British writer Deborah Levy's excellent Living Autobiography, Levy discovers that an acquaintance of hers knew the late French novelist Marguerite Duras in childhood. On learning this, Levy instantly wishes that Duras would join them, "sit down and give me some tips on running my house and household."
Often while reading , which is a playful, candid, and a supremely elegant exploration of Levy's concept of — and desire for — home, I found myself wishing that
