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Deborah Levy: 'Space Oddity' seemed to be about leaving the land I was born in. Being unable to return. It can still make me cry | Deborah Levy | The Guardian
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Deborah Levy, with her book 'Swimming Home' she is shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker prize for fiction, pictured at a photocall in the Royal Festival Hall in London Stock Photo - Alamy
![Clare Fisher on Twitter: "@byAliLand Can't wait! Hot Milk and Swimming Home are both books I like to dip back into and always I emerge feeling invigorated." / Twitter Clare Fisher on Twitter: "@byAliLand Can't wait! Hot Milk and Swimming Home are both books I like to dip back into and always I emerge feeling invigorated." / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DjqDDVlXoAA_fKC.jpg)
Clare Fisher on Twitter: "@byAliLand Can't wait! Hot Milk and Swimming Home are both books I like to dip back into and always I emerge feeling invigorated." / Twitter
![How do we remake ourselves after unravelling? Plunge into life and pay attention, suggests Deborah Levy's mesmerising new work How do we remake ourselves after unravelling? Plunge into life and pay attention, suggests Deborah Levy's mesmerising new work](https://images.theconversation.com/files/520718/original/file-20230413-24-kq1m2q.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=1000&fit=clip)