Deborah Levy Unveils 1-Month Paris Novel Probing Gertrude Stein's Genius
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Updated · NPR · Jun 3
Deborah Levy Unveils 1-Month Paris Novel Probing Gertrude Stein's Genius
3 articles · Updated · NPR · Jun 3
Summary
Deborah Levy’s new novel, “My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein,” follows a writer-narrator who spends one month in Paris trying to grasp Stein’s genius.
That search centers on how Stein invented herself and on the dynamics of her relationship with Alice B. Toklas.
The book frames its encounter with Stein through a compressed stay rather than a full year, using the narrator’s inquiry to revisit the modernist writer’s legacy.