Karate Chop

A collection of beautiful and contemporary stories from the Man Booker International Prize Shortlisted author.

About the author

Dorthe Nors was born in 1970 and studied literature at the University of Aarhus. Her short stories have appeared in numerous international publications including the Boston Review, Harper's and the New Yorker. Nors's works include Wild Swims, Karate Chop, Minna Needs Rehearsal Space, and Mirror, Shoulder, Signal - shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize - which are all published by Pushkin Press. Born in rural Jutland, she lives on the North Sea coast in Denmark.

Summary

In these glittering, very funny stories, the acclaimed Danish writer Dorthe Nors sketches ordinary lives taking unexpected turns.

Foreword

Beautiful, emotionally resonant and achingly contemporary stories from the Man Booker International Prize Shortlisted author

Product details

• Authors: Dorthe Nors, Nors Dorthe
• Assisted by: Martin Aitken (Translation), Aitken Martin (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781782274322
• ISBN: 978-1-78227-432-2
• No. of pages: 96
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary