Things I Don't Want To Know
A Response To George Orwell's 1946 Essay 'Why I Write'
Deborah Levy
"This book presents a response to George Orwell's 'Why I Write'. Taking Orwell's famous list of motives for writing as the jumping-off point for a sequence of reflections on the writing life, this is a companion not just to Orwell's essay, but also to the author's own, essential oeuvre. Things I Don't Want to Know is a unique response to George Orwell from one of our most vital...
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"This book presents a response to George Orwell's 'Why I Write'. Taking Orwell's famous list of motives for writing as the jumping-off point for a sequence of reflections on the writing life, this is a companion not just to Orwell's essay, but also to the author's own, essential oeuvre. 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."--Publisher description.
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