Is Mother Dead

AvVigdis Hjorth

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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**Longlisted for The International Booker Prize 2023**'To mother is to murder, or close enough', thinks Johanna, as she looks at the spelling of the two words in Norwegian. She's recently widowed and back in Oslo after a long absence as she prepares for a retrospective of her art. The subject of her work is motherhood and some of her more controversial paintings have brought about a dramatic rift between parent and child. This new proximity, after decades of acrimonious absence, set both women on edge, and before too long Johanna finds her mother stalking her thoughts, and Johanna starts stalking her mother's house.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-09-05
Mått:129 x 198 x 22 mm
Vikt:284 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Verso Fiction
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:Verso Books
ISBN:9781804291849
Översättare:Charlotte Barslund
Utmärkelser:Short-listed for Man Booker International Prize (Novel) 2023

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Vigdis Hjorth is the author of over a dozen prize-winning and bestselling novels. Will and Testament sold 150,000 copies in Norway and has received several awards, including the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize, as well as being nominated for the National Book Award and Nordic Council Literature Prize. She lives in Oslo.

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Hjorth delivers a gripping tale of obsession about an artist and her frayed relationship with her family. [She] keenly walks the line between Johanna's concern and mania; as Johanna's hang-ups occasionally spin out of control, they remain true to the character. This accomplished novel is hard to shake.