{"product_id":"billy-girl-dalkey-archive-essentials","title":"Billy \u0026 Girl (Dalkey Archive Essentials)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBilly and Girl have been left to raise themselves. Living alone somewhere in England after being abandoned by their parents, they invent elaborate fantasies, search desperately for the mother who never returns, and cling to one another in a relationship that is equal parts love, rivalry, and survival. As childhood blurs into performance and imagination into reality, the siblings create alternative worlds to protect themselves from the pain of their past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1996, \u003cem\u003eBilly \u0026amp; Girl\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Deborah Levy's earliest and most inventive novels. By turns darkly funny, unsettling, and deeply compassionate, it explores trauma, memory, identity, and the strange resilience of childhood with the originality and emotional precision that have become Levy's hallmark. A tragic farce that is as playful as it is heartbreaking, it remains one of her most distinctive works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeborah Levy is a British novelist, playwright, poet, and essayist whose work has earned international acclaim for its formal innovation and psychological depth. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eSwimming Home\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHot Milk\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Saw Everything\u003c\/em\u003e, and her celebrated autobiographical \u003cem\u003eLiving Autobiography\u003c\/em\u003e trilogy, including \u003cem\u003eThings I Don't Want to Know\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eReal Estate\u003c\/em\u003e. Her novels have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and translated into more than thirty languages. \u003cem\u003eBilly \u0026amp; Girl\u003c\/em\u003e appears here as part of the Dalkey Archive Essentials series, reintroducing one of Levy's earliest novels to a new generation of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDalkey Archive Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJune 4, 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e192\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiterary Fiction · Psychological Fiction · Family · Dark Humour · Modern Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9781628975031\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45306937049270,"sku":"9781628975031","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9781628975031.jpg?v=1785506245","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/billy-girl-dalkey-archive-essentials","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}