To Mervas
$28.89
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2014
Summary
To Mervas is a turbulent journey through the wilderness of memory, domestic violence, and the vast gulf between lost lovers. After years of insulating herself from humanity in the wake of her disabled sonP#8217;s death, Marta is jolted out of exile when a cryptic note arrives from Mervas, a ghost town deep in SwedenP#8217;s desolate northern wilds. The letter is from Kosti, her once-great love, shattering a silence of more than twenty years. When spring comes she sets off alone for Mervas, without any notion of who or what might await her there. Physical and emotional abuse, longing and loss, and the nature of love and redemption are explored with remarkable empathy and a visceral lyricism in Elizabeth RynellP#8217;s stirring novel.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780981987378 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0981987370 |
| Author: | Elisabeth Rynell |
| Publisher: | Archipelago Books |
| Imprint: | Archipelago Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2014 |
| Weight: | 282g |
| Dimensions: | 150mm x 180mm |
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Critics Review
A wrenching tale by Swedish novelist and poet Rynell traces a woman’s personal journey through shame and violence … Rynell proves a fearless writer in this emotionally relentless work and finds a lyrical grace in Marta’s self-awareness. —Publishers Weekly
Not a single false note rings in this sonata in minor. —Swedish Daily News
Elisabeth Rynell’s language can only be described as breathtakingly beautiful. —Uppsala Daily News
Rynell is one of Sweden’s most intense and intensely appreciated storytellers in prose and verse. She never wastes words. —Rika Lesser
Elisabeth Rynell
Elisabeth Rynell, born in Stockholm, is a poet and a novelist. Her works include the poetry volumes Plt;iPgt;Night Conversations, Sorrow Winged Songs, Desert WandererPlt;/iPgt;, and the novels Plt;iPgt;A Tale of LokaPlt;/iPgt; and Plt;iPgt;HohajPlt;/iPgt;. Plt;iPgt;To MervasPlt;/iPgt; was a finalist for the August Strindberg Prize and is her first novel to appear in English.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Victoria HP#228;ggblom is a writer and a translator. She lives in Berkeley, California.
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