Hot Milk by Deborah Levy Paperback Book 9780241968031

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING EMMA MACKEY AND FIONA SHAWSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016Plunge into this hypnotic tale of female sexuality and power from the author of Swimming Home and The Man Who Saw EverythingPropulsive uncanny dreamlike A feverish comingofage novel Daily TelegraphA triumph of storytelling Literary ReviewToday I dropped my laptop on the concrete floor of a bar built on the beach My laptop has all my life in it and knows more about me than anyone else So what I am saying is that if it is broken so am I Two women arrive in a village on the Spanish coast Rose is suffering from a strange illness and the doctors are mystified Her daughter Sofia has brought her here to find a cure with the infamous and controversial Dr Gomez a man of questionable methods and motives Intoxicated by thick heat and the seductive people who move through it both women begin to see their lives clearly for the first time in yearsThrough the opposing figures of mother and daughter Deborah Levy explores the strange and monstrous nature of womanhood Dreamlike and utterly compulsive Hot Milk is a delirious fairy tale of feminine potency...