Excited to read, thank you for this open letter! I really, really relate to this: "How does the fantasy of the places we might live, or the books we might write, or the people we might love, create a contrast or a harmony with the places we do live, or the people we do love, or the books we have written? It seems we can only create a series of truces with this tension."
Excited to read, thank you for this open letter! I really, really relate to this: "How does the fantasy of the places we might live, or the books we might write, or the people we might love, create a contrast or a harmony with the places we do live, or the people we do love, or the books we have written? It seems we can only create a series of truces with this tension."
Thank you Catherine! I love Deborah Levy. I recently wrote about losing home too, and quoted Real Estate at the beginning of my essay...https://rosiewhinray.substack.com/p/precariat-blues
Thank you!
Perfectly timed & wonderful post. I just finished The Cost of Living and am ravenous to read Real Estate, even more so now.
One of my favourites of hers! She is South African, as am I 🥰