Days in the History of Silence
Merethe Lindstrom$14.44
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From the acclaimed Nordic Council Literature Prize winner, a story that reveals the devastating effects of mistaking silence for peace and feeling shame for inevitable circumstances
Eva and Simon have spent most of their adult lives together. He is a physician and she is a teacher, and they have three grown daughters and a comfortable home. Yet what binds them together isn't only affection and solidarity but also the painful facts of their respective histories, which they keep hidden even from their own children. But after the abrupt dismissal of their housekeeper and Simon's increasing withdrawal into himself, the past can no longer be repressed. Lindstr m has crafted a masterpiece about the grave mistakes we make when we misjudge the legacy of war, common prejudices, and our own strategies of survival.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Published: 08/27/2013
ISBN: 9781590515952
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/01/2013
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2013
Booklist 08/01/2013 pg. 28
Eva and Simon have spent most of their adult lives together. He is a physician and she is a teacher, and they have three grown daughters and a comfortable home. Yet what binds them together isn't only affection and solidarity but also the painful facts of their respective histories, which they keep hidden even from their own children. But after the abrupt dismissal of their housekeeper and Simon's increasing withdrawal into himself, the past can no longer be repressed. Lindstr m has crafted a masterpiece about the grave mistakes we make when we misjudge the legacy of war, common prejudices, and our own strategies of survival.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Published: 08/27/2013
ISBN: 9781590515952
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/01/2013
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2013
Booklist 08/01/2013 pg. 28