Is mother dead : a novel / by Vigdis Hjorth ; translated from the Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Norwegian Publisher: London ; New York : Verso, 2022Description: 341 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781839764318
- 1839764317
- 9781804291832
- 1804291838
- Er mor død. English
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Fiction | HJORTH, VIGDIS | Available | 33111010911887 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Longlisted for the International Booker Prize
A cat and mouse game of surveillance and psychological torment develops between a middleaged artist and her aging mother, as Vigdis Hjorth returns to the themes of her controverdsial modern classic, Will and Testament
'To mother is to murder, or close enough', thinks Johanna, as she looks at the spelling of the two words in Norwegian. She's recently widowed and back in Oslo after a long absence as she prepares for a retrospective of her art.The subject of her work is motherhood and some of her more controversial paintings have brought aboiut a dramatic rift between parent and child. This new proximity, after decades of acrimonius absence, set both women on edge, and before too long Johanna finds her mother stalking her thoughts, and Johanna starts stalking her mother's house.
"Originally published as Er mor død"
"A cat-and-mouse game of surveillance and psychological torment between mother and daughter"-- Provided by publisher.