Thora Hjorleifsdottir

Magma (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Matich, Meg

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"The provocative Icelandic poet's debut novel... urgently explores the challenges and costs of a young woman's passionate yet toxic relationship." - Time, Best Books of Summer 2021 As a young university student, Lilja is quickly smitten with the intelligent, beautiful young man from school who quotes Derrida and reads Latin and cooks balanced vegetarian meals. Before she knows it, she's moved into his cramped apartment, surrounded by sour towels and flat Diet Cokes. As the newfound intimacy of sharing a shower and a bed fuels her desire to please her partner, his subtle abuses continue to mount undetected. Lilja desperately tries to meet his every need, slowly losing her sense of self in the process. In her debut novel, Thora Hjörleifsdóttir sheds light on the commonplace undercurrents of violence that so often go undetected in romantic relationships. She deftly illustrates the failings of psychiatric systems in recognizing symptoms of cruelty, and in powerful, poetic prose depicts the unspooling of a tender-hearted woman desperate to love well.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Grove Atlantic
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780802157409
• Artikelnr.: 60461060

Autorenporträt

THORA HJÖRLEIFSDÓTTIR has published three poetry collections with her poetry collective, Imposter Poets. She lives in Reykjavik. Magma is her first novel.

MEG MATICH earned her Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University's Creative Writing. She's received support for her literary translation work from DAAD, the Icelandic Literature Centre (through publishers), PEN, and the Fulbright Commission. She has translated poetry into English and Icelandic for UNESCO, as a representative of Reykjavik UNESCO in Lviv, Ukraine.