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She is a master of the short story, exploring loneliness and belonging. How do we change ourselves for love or for lack of it. Deborah levy is a british playwright, novelist and poet. Ten stories 20 by deborah levy kissing you is like new paint and old pain. Woman, other is a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an interconnected group of black british women. Winner of the 2019 booker prize and shortlisted for the gordon burn prize. Black vodka reminds me a bit of the first and best story in delillos the angel esmeralda from last year, but, like that collection, black vodka is wildly inconsistent overall.
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