In these glittering, very funny stories, the acclaimed Danish writer Dorthe Nors sketches ordinary lives taking unexpected turns: a son's love for his father is tested when he suddenly discovers its fragility; a woman in an abusive relationship seeks to better understand the choices she has made; a man with dreams of self improvement is haunted by deceit; and a daughter watches on silently as her mother's search for meaning ends in madness.
Blending compassion with dark delight, Nors conjures up a flawed, unsettlingly familiar world with each cautionary glance - as fresh moments of wonder, romance and frail beauty are unexpectedly infiltrated by depravity, isolation and despair.
- ISBN10 1782274324
- ISBN13 9781782274322
- Publish Date 31 August 2017 (first published 4 February 2014)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pushkin Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 96
- Language English