The Child

Narrated by a woman to her new-born, meandering between her enchanted present and her memories of a more difficult past, The Child is a modern exploration of the territory of motherhood.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold made a sensational debut with The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am, published by Dalkey Press in English. The book won the Vesaas First Book Award, was shortlisted for the IMPAC Prize and has been sold to publishers in more than 25 countries. She is the author of four acclaimed novels, a book of poetry and a children's book.Martin Aitken is a translator of Scandinavian literature, whose translations include work by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Olga Ravn, Hanne Ørstavik and Kim Leine. He was shortlisted for the International DUBLIN Literary Award in 2017, was a finalist at the US National Book Awards in 2018 and received the PEN America Translation Prize in 2019. He lives in Denmark.

Zusammenfassung

Narrated by a woman to her new-born, meandering between her enchanted present and her memories of a more difficult past, The Child is a modern exploration of the territory of motherhood.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Kjersti A. Skomsvold
• Mitarbeit: Martin Aitken (Übersetzung), Aitken Martin (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Granta Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 15.05.2021
• EAN: 9781783785469
• ISBN: 978-1-78378-546-9
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Fiction in translation, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary