The Story of a Marriage by Geir Gulliksen
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.
A brilliant and breathtaking novel that is for anyone who has ever loved… Story of a Marriage is the naked truth, sexy and sad, stunning for its clarity, the author’s ability to simultaneously render denial and knowing too muchIt is a novel about all the things we know and don’t want to know about ourselves, our partners and our lives and the shocking reminder that the very same things that draw us together are the ones that pull us apart. -- A.M. Homes
Bristling with the urgency of lived experience, this is a short and beautifully written account of love’s autoimmunity. -- Andrew Anthony * Observer *
Exquisitely lean prose -- Elisa Segrave * Literary Review *
this philosophical domestic drama...is painfully persuasive in its view of relationships * The New Yorker *
Bristling with the urgency of lived experience, this is a short and beautifully written account of love’s autoimmunity. -- Andrew Anthony * Observer *
Exquisitely lean prose -- Elisa Segrave * Literary Review *
this philosophical domestic drama...is painfully persuasive in its view of relationships * The New Yorker *
Geir Gulliksen is a publisher and highly acclaimed writer of fiction and non-fiction. In 2014 he received the Aschehoug Award for his work, and this novel was nominated for the Nordic Prize. He lives in Norway.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784741600 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784741604 |
| Title | The Story of a Marriage |
| Author | Geir Gulliksen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2018-05-03 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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