Deborah Levy - Livets omkostninger - Vinter Chiarastella Cattana et træ hvor fibrene forvrænges

et træ hvor fibrene forvrænges under vækst i et bølgende mønster

som forbindes af en elegant messingstang

even if the time was not for "the big story" and then not in painting at all

Jørgen Hansen

Deborah Levy - Livets omkostninger - Vinter Chiarastella Cattana et træ hvor fibrene forvrængesDeborah Levy is now in her 50s and her life is falling apart. The marriage has broken up, the mother is dying and the daughters are on their way out into the world. Levy herself is desperately looking for a place to write and eventually finds it in a tool shed under an apple tree in a friend's garden. With effortless elegance, Deborah Levy moves between past and present, between small everyday situations and sharp literary observations, and the result