Slow Days, Fast Company Leslie Cavendish Drawing inspiration from figures like

Drawing inspiration from figures like Don Juan and the unsettling worlds of Franz Kafka

although published well before Sunset Song

Walter Schmidt has made it to old age without ever cracking an egg

finds herself pregnant with a baby she's not sure she wants by a man she's not sure she loves

Slow Days, Fast Company Leslie Cavendish Drawing inspiration from figures likeThe World, The Flesh, and L. A. Few figures embodied the allure and excess of Los Angeles quite like Eve Babitz, whose beauty, charisma, and unapologetic appetite for life made her a magnetic presence in the citys cultural scene of the 1960s and 70s. Surrounded by artists, actors, and socialites, she seemed to captivate everyone, except, perhaps, the one man who inspired her to do what she did best: write. Slow Days, Fast Company moves far beyond its