num_pages: 109
description: 'Perhaps when Orwell described sheer egoism as a necessary quality for a writer he was not thinking about the sheer egoism of a female writer. Even the most arrogant female writer has to work over time to build an ego that is robust enough to get her through January never mind all the way to December.' Deborah Levy
language: English
title: Things I Don't Want to Know
publisher: Notting Hill Editions