Story of a marriage
Gulliksen, Geir, 1963-2018
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In his struggle to understand what has happened to his family, how his wife could fall in love with another man after twenty happy years, Jon attempts to tell the story of the painful collapse of his marriage, but from her point of view. He tries to get inside her head, to see it all as she did, all the while knowing that he can never really achieve this, and that his efforts reveal more projection than insight. How can one truly know another person? How much of what we think is love, is just a construct? Is it possible to find--and maintain--the great love we long for? Gulliksen explores these questions, turning them over again and again till they crack, revealing hollowness--or possible new meanings. Intense, erotic, dramatic, raw--Story of a Marriage examines two people's inner lives with devastating and fearless honesty. It is a gripping but slippery narrative of obsession and deceit, of a couple striving for happiness and freedom and intimacy, but ultimately falling apart.
Main title:
Story of a marriage / Geir Gulliksen ; translated from the Norwegian by Deborah Dawkin.
Author:
Gulliksen, Geir, 1963-, authorDawkin, Deborah, translator
Imprint:
London : Hogarth, an imprint of Vintage, 2018.©2018
Collation:
172 pages ; 21 cm.
Notes:
"First published in Norway by Aschehoung, as Historie om et ekteskap, in 2015."--Title page verso.Translated from the Norwegian.
ISBN:
9781784741600 (hardback)1784741604 (hardback)
Dewey class:
839.8238
Language:
EnglishNorwegian
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BRN:
345057
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | GULL | Onloan - Due: 14 May 2024 |