"Scandinavia now has its own Virginia Woolf. Few get as close to the
human mind as Klougart"—Mari Nymoen Nilsen, _VG_
The English-language debut from one of Denmark's most exciting,
celebrated young writers, _One of Us Is Sleeping _is a haunting novel
about loss in all its forms.
As she returns home to visit her mother who is dying of cancer, the
narrator recounts a brief, intense love affair, as well as the grief
and disillusionment that follow its end. The book's striking imagery
and magnificent prose underpin its principal theme: the jarring
contrast between the recollection of stability, your parents, your
childhood home, your love, and the continual endings that we
experience throughout our lives.
A true-to-life, deeply poetic novel that works in the same vein as
Anne Carson, _One of Us Is Sleeping_ has won Klougart countless
accolades and award nominations, including the Readers' Book Award,
securing her place as a major new voice in world literature.
JOSEFINE KLOUGART has been hailed as one of Denmark's greatest
contemporary writers. She is the first Danish author ever to have two
of her first three books nominated for the Nordic Council Literature
Prize. She's been compared to a range of authors, including Joan
Didion, Anne Carson, and Virginia Woolf.
MARTIN AITKEN has translated dozens of books from the Danish,
including works by Dorthe Nors, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Peter Høeg, and
Kim Leine, among others.
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ISBN
9781940953410
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Open Letter
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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