Levy, Deborah

New York. 1989. Viking Press. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0670826057. 112 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Jacket illustration by Marilyn Montgomery. keywords: Literature England Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘Science after all is only relative,' says the Heretic, throwing a honey-colored pear up into the air and noticing that it doesn't fall down. ‘First we must locate the vision, the imagination that helps us to see.' Throughout Deborah Levy's extraordinary first collection of stories, knowledge and intuition, science and love ore vividly juxtaposed as conflicting Sources of motivation. Each character embodies a dilemma and enacts his or her drama in settings that vary from Ibiza to London, from rural Spain to a precarious rowboat. Connie and Owen envelop themselves in a ‘cream-cake' house, filled with birds and orange trees, unaware that an agent of destruction is prowling within; having just sneezed out her soul in the form of a white mouse, Mamita prepares for the life of her daughters. A scientist, devoted to understanding the intricate language of both his work and his love, is ineffectual, while his broken-hearted daughters, Ophelios I and II, show what could have become of Hamlet's lover. Deborah Levy is concerned with chaos and loss of hope, with corruption and commitment to finding a truth. She takes our world as it is, as it has been, and life as it could be, producing fictions that are unique and spellbinding literary experiences. inventory #12042 ISBN: 0670826057.