Real Estate

Living Autobiography 3

By: Deborah Levy

Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson

Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's Summary

Brought to you by Penguin.

From one of the great thinkers and writers of our time, comes the highly anticipated final instalment in Deborah Levy's critically acclaimed Living Autobiography.

Following the international critical acclaim of The Cost of Living, this final volume of Deborah Levy's Living Autobiography is an exhilarating, thought-provoking and boldly intimate meditation on home and the spectres that haunt it.

'I began to wonder what myself and all unwritten and unseen women would possess in their property portfolios at the end of their lives. Literally, her physical property and possessions, and then everything else she valued, though it might not be valued by society. What might she claim, own, discard and bequeath? Or is she the real estate, owned by patriarchy? In this sense, real estate is a tricky business. We rent it and buy it, sell and inherit it - but we must also knock it down.'

'Three bicycles. Seven ghosts. A crumbling apartment block on the hill. Fame. Tenderness. The statue of Peter Pan. Silk. Melancholy. The banana tree. A Pandemic. A love story.'

©2021 Deborah Levy (P)2021 Penguin Audio

Very interesting and also touching!

I like this third book especially for the reflection on a woman’s life and the philosophical questions about the value of it.
Beautiful language and a good story.
Listen to or read all the three books. Good for men and women.

Loved it

A book - I think - about what it means to be a woman. I seemed to agree with every word and didn't want it to finish. Beautifully read by Juliet Stevenson, as always.

Fabulous writing and an unreal pleasure

I love reading Deborah Levy’s autobiographical books. She is clever and entertaining and life affirming. As a woman approaching 60 and looking at her future empty nest life she explores amusing and delightful options for real estate or as she calls it ‘unreal estate’ as it is pure fantasy. Great narration too by Juliet Stevenson. Just a pure pleasure.

Excellent

If you haven’t read any Deborah Levy, you are missing out. She is a delight

A Real Treat

Enjoy Deborah Levy's writing anyway but such a pleasure to hear this book read by Juliet Stevenson. Thoroughly enjoyable and thought provoking.

A masterpiece!

Wow! I can’t even begin to say how amazing this book was to listen to. It is the first Debra Levy book I have read since I heard an interview of the author. Beautiful narration of wonderful writing full of so much richness it is surely a literary gem. There were many places where I laughed out loud! I need to listen to it all over again .. and to get the author’s previous books

Gorgeous

I got the audiobook while I waited for the paperback to complete the collection. I will read and listen to this again and again - so many pearls.

Delicious

An exquisitely delicious dish of a novel .Levy just gets better with every sentence .Sublime .

Loved it

Loved this book as I have loved all the books by Deborah Levy that I have read . Beautifully narrated too. Thank you

excellently narrated by Juliet Stevenson.

Loved it. I love Deborah Levy's frankness and openness and read by Juliet Stevenson means the layers of meaning are portrayed. five stars