Love
Ørstavik, Hanne, 1969-2019
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'Love' is the story of Vibeke and Jon, a mother and son who have just moved to a small place in the north of Norway. It's the day before Jon's birthday, and a travelling carnival has come to the village. Jon goes out to sell lottery tickets for his sports club, and Vibeke is going to the library. From here on we follow the two individuals on their separate journeys through a cold winter's night - while a sense of uneasiness grows. 'Love' illustrates how language builds its own reality, and thus how mother and son can live in completely separate worlds. This distance is found not only between human beings, but also within each individual. This novel shows how such distance may have fatal consequences.
Main title:
Love / Hanne Ørstavik ; translated by Martin Aitken.
Author:
Ørstavik, Hanne, 1969-, authorAitken, Martin, translator
Imprint:
High Wycombe : And Other Stories, 2019.
Collation:
128 pages ; 16 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Norwegian.This translation originally published: New York: Archipelago, 2018.
ISBN:
9781911508724 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
839.8238
Language:
EnglishNorwegian
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BRN:
1881354