Lit in Translation

Deborah Levy

Born 1959 · United Kingdom

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • Written in English

    Booker 2016 · Shortlist

    Hot Milk

    Hot Milk

    Deborah Levy · 57 when first published

    Novel · 224 pages · Family

    AI-generated summary:Sofia, twenty-five, has put her anthropology doctorate aside to care for her mother, Rose, whose legs fail her for no reason doctors can find; the two travel to a clinic on the Spanish coast run by a doctor of doubtful methods.

  • Written in English

    Booker 2012 · Shortlist

    Swimming Home

    Swimming Home

    Deborah Levy · 52 when first published

    Novel · 176 pages

    AI-generated summary:Arriving with his family at a holiday villa above Nice, Joe thinks he sees a corpse floating in the pool; it is Kitty Finch, alive and well, and for reasons of her own his wife lets her stay.