Now in paperback, a "tantalizingly poetic" (NYTBR) collection in
which Levy "conquer[s] the genre which demands she fashion perfect
jewels" (The Independent).
The stories in Black Vodka, by acclaimed author Deborah Levy, are
perfectly formed worlds unto themselves, written in elegant yet
economical prose. She is a master of the short story, exploring
loneliness and belonging; violence and tenderness; the ephemeral and the
solid; the grotesque and the beautiful; love and infidelity; and fluid
identities national, cultural, and personal.
In "Shining a Light," a woman's lost luggage is juxtaposed with far more
serious losses. An icy woman seduces a broken man in "Vienna," and a
man's empathy threatens to destroy him in "Stardust Nation." "Cave Girl"
features a girl who wants to be a different kind of woman--she succeeds
in a shocking way. A deformed man seeks beauty amid his angst in the
title story.
These are twenty-first century lives dissected with razor-sharp humor
and curiosity. Levy's stories will send you tumbling into a rabbit hole,
and you won't be able to scramble out until long after you've turned the
last page.