'A time-bending, location-hopping tale of love, truth and the power of seeing. Until, in 2016, Saul attempts to cross the Abbey Road again. He carries this photo with him to East Berlin: a fragment of the present, an anchor to the West.īut in the GDR he finds himself troubled by time - stalked by the spectres of history, slipping in and out of a future that does not yet exist. Apparently fine, he gets up and poses for a photograph taken by his girlfriend, Jennifer Moreau. In 1988, Saul Adler is hit by a car on the Abbey Road. 'An ice-cold skewering of patriarchy, humanity and the darkness of 20th century Europe' The Times Playful, consistently surprising.SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2019 Writing so beautiful it stops the reader on the page Independent Increasingly surreal and thoroughly gripping Sunday TelegraphĮxquisite. One of the best books I have ever read Katherine Angel via TwitterĬharged with themes spanning memory and mortality, beauty and time, it's as electrifying as it is mysterious Mail on SundayĪ time-bending, location-hopping tale of love, truth and the power of seeing. You would call her example inspiring if it weren't clearly impossible to emulate New Statesman One of the big stories in English fiction this decade has been the return and triumph of Deborah Levy. Intelligent and supple.a dizzying tale of life across time and borders Financial Times
It's clever, raw and doesn't play by any rules Evening Standard Its sheer technical bravura places it head and shoulder above pretty much everything else on the longlist Daily TelegraphĪn ice-cold skewering of patriarchy, humanity and the darkness of the 20th century Europe The Times Head-spinning and playful, her writing offers sophistication and delightful artistry Kirkus (Starred review)Īn utterly beguiling fever dream of a novel. Levy defies gravity in a daring, time-bending new novel. Superbly crafted, enigmatic, tantalizing.
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