Is Mother Dead by Hjorth, Vigdis, Barslund, Charlotte fiction

Is Mother Dead by Hjorth, Vigdis, Barslund, Charlotte fictionAuthor: Hjorth, Vigdis, Barslund, Charlotte Norway Published on 5 September 2023 by Verso Books in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Verso Fiction' series. Paperback 352 pages, , 129 x 198 x 25 286g **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

uncompromising work of fiction - imagine if the authors of the King James Bible

Author: Le Guin

What she doesn't expect is: - How much time she will spend thinking about language and its limitations - An opinionated cosmopolitan Serb named Svetlana

to animals

A glorious visceral mystery' The TimesWhile on her daily walk with her dog in the woods near her home

a fierce yet understated love emerges - one that encompasses not only the summer inhabitants but the very island itself

But planning a wedding does little to settle Anya's unease

the film-maker and critic

But the news triggers a self-destructive tailspin

while others continue to advocate violence even today

Over the last few decades the contemporary art world has become more globalized and more visible than ever before - and yet in many ways it remains closed and obscure

'A pleasure from the first page to the last' JONATHAN FRANZENA young woman looks back to the world of her immigrant parents: a Chinese-Panamanian father and a German mother