It occurred to me that what I had transmitted to her, across four countries, was pain. We were all striding out into the world once again to infect and be infected by each other. If she was my double and I was hers, was it true that she was knowing, I was unknowing, she was […]

Deborah Levy on kirjailija, joka oli minulle hetki sitten vielä täysin tuntematon. Sitten tapahtui outo yhteensattuma. Mies toi työmatkalta tuliaisena Levyn uuden romaanin Hot Milk. Samaan aikaan kun luin kirjaa, sain kirjastosta viestin saapuneesta varauksesta: Deborah Levyn Uiden kotiin. Olin täysin unohtanut tehneeni kirjasta varauksen monien kirjabloggaajien suositusten perusteella. Nyt olen sitten tutustunut tämän palkitun kirjailijan […]

The morning Julia found the phone, my parents were over for brunch. Everything was falling apart around Benjy, although I’ll never know what he knew at the time, and neither will he. The adults were talking when he reentered the kitchen and said, ”The sound of time. What happened to it?” ”What are you talking […]