ISBN: 9781923106574 (3 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. They go for a walk by the playing fields, the anemones are out.They a mother and her sixteen-year-old daughter live in an apartment above a hairdressers shop in a small island town. Each day is marked by routine and quiet intimacy. They are so enmeshed, so alike in their manners and opinions, it can be hard to tell them apart.Then the mother begins to feel unwell. They carry on with their lives, talk about anything but the diagnosis. The mother goes in and out of hospital, and the daughter, just starting high school, makes new friends Tove Dunk, Hafni, Bob, Desert Boots but remains essentially alone. Illness, and the possibility of loss, cast a growing shadow over her life.Writing in a multi-layered, perpetual present tense, Helle Helle finds a tender voice for the comedy and awkwardness of her heroines lives, rendered into riveting and affecting English by acclaimed translator Martin Aitken. they is an exquisite portrait of the fragile love between a mother and daughter, and a love letter to 1980s life on the island of Lolland, where the author grew up. Praise for Helle Helle:Helle has enchanting gifts as a storytellerthe words so light they nearly float off the page. New York TimesOne of my favorite Danish writers shes the master. Olga Ravn, The GuardianOne of Scandinavias finest authors. DagbladetHelle Helles minimalism isnt boring; it crackles with mystery. Its the everyday, and yet its insistently beautiful. WeekendavisenYou laugh and laugh, cry and cry. Not bawling or sobbing, but quiet and intense. Thats what its like reading Helle Helle. Politiken From the award-winning, cult Danish writer, an exquisite portrait of a mother and daughter. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. They go for a walk by the playing fields, the anemones are out.They a mother and her sixteen-year-old daughter live in an apartment above a hairdressers shop in a small island town. Each day is marked by routine and quiet intimacy. They are so enmeshed, so alike in their manners and opinions, it can be hard to tell them apart.Then the mother begins to feel unwell. They carry on with their lives, talk about anything but the diagnosis. The mother goes in and out of hospital, and the daughter, just starting high school, makes new friends Tove Dunk, Hafni, Bob, Desert Boots but remains essentially alone. Illness, and the possibility of loss, cast a growing shadow over her life.Writing in a multi-layered, perpetual present tense, Helle Helle finds a tender voice for the comedy and awkwardness of her heroines lives, rendered into riveting and affecting English by acclaimed translator Martin Aitken. they is an exquisite portrait of the fragile love between a mother and daughter, and a love letter to 1980s life on the island of Lolland, where the author grew up. Praise for Helle Helle:Helle has enchanting gifts as a storytellerthe words so light they nearly float off the page. New York TimesOne of my favorite Danish writers shes the master. Olga Ravn, The GuardianOne of Scandinavias finest authors. DagbladetHelle Helles minimalism isnt boring; it crackles with mystery. Its the everyday, and yet its insistently beautiful. WeekendavisenYou laugh and laugh, cry and cry. Not bawling or sobbing, but quiet and intense. Thats what its like reading Helle Helle. Politiken From the award-winning, cult Danish writer, an exquisite portrait of a mother and daughter. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. They go for a walk by the playing fields, the anemones are out.They a mother and her sixteen-year-old daughter live in an apartment above a hairdressers shop in a small island town. Each day is marked by routine and quiet intimacy. They are so enmeshed, so alike in their manners and opinions, it can be hard to tell them apart.Then the mother begins to feel unwell. They carry on with their lives, talk about anything but the diagnosis. The mother goes in and out of hospital, and the daughter, just starting high school, makes new friends Tove Dunk, Hafni, Bob, Desert Boots but remains essentially alone. Illness, and the possibility of loss, cast a growing shadow over her life.Writing in a multi-layered, perpetual present tense, Helle Helle finds a tender voice for the comedy and awkwardness of her heroines lives, rendered into riveting and affecting English by acclaimed translator Martin Aitken. they is an exquisite portrait of the fragile love between a mother and daughter, and a love letter to 1980s life on the island of Lolland, where the author grew up. Praise for Helle Helle:Helle has enchanting gifts as a storytellerthe words so light they nearly float off the page. New York TimesOne of my favorite Danish writers shes the master. Olga Ravn, The GuardianOne of Scandinavias finest authors. DagbladetHelle Helles minimalism isnt boring; it crackles with mystery. Its the everyday, and yet its insistently beautiful. WeekendavisenYou laugh and laugh, cry and cry. Not bawling or sobbing, but quiet and intense. Thats what its like reading Helle Helle. Politiken From the award-winning, cult Danish writer, an exquisite portrait of a mother and daughter. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…