Things I Don't Want to Know

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Published April 8, 2013 by Notting Hill Editions.

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978-1-907903-63-2
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Things I Don't Want to Know is a unique response to George Orwell from one of our most vital contemporary writers. Taking Orwell's famous list of motives for writing as the jumping-off point for a sequence of thrilling reflections on the writing life, this is a perfect companion not just to Orwell's essay, but also to Levy's own, essential oeuvre.

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The simplicity of writing captured in a beautiful object of a book, where Levy is asked to respond to Orwell's essay Why I Write. The response becomes a memoir that helps define Levy as an author, and touches on subjects including the political and feminist motivations of being a female author born in South Africa. Her early life in South Africa and England brings context to her present-day writing. Touching, tragic, and very funny, this is an excellent literary essay and a joy to read.

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