Winter's Child

Dea Trier Morch depicts with uncommon skill an experienec that pays no attention to language differences or national boundaries: childbirth. Set in a maternity ward for difficult cases, her novel is unique in focusing on the weeks immediately before and after delivery. While December gives way to the new year the women enocunter the private anxieties and mysteries of motherhood, sharing a profound sense of solidarity and warmth in the midst of winter.Joan Tate's superb translation of the European best-seller introduces Dea Trier Morch to American readers. Morch, the author of five other books and the mother of three children, has illustrated her novel with striking block prints.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dea T. Morch, Dea Trier Morch
• Con la collaborazione di: Joan Tate (Traduzione)
• Editore: University of Nebraska Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.1987
• EAN: 9780803281332
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-8133-2
• Pagine: 271
• Dimensioni: 150 mm x 216 mm x 20 mm
• Peso: 381 g
• Serie: Modern Scandinavian Literature; Modern Scandinavian Literature
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi