Love
By: Hanne Ørstavik ; translated from the Norwegian by Martin Aitken
Contributors: Aitken, Martin, translator
Edition: First Archipelago books edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
ISBN-13: 9780914671947
Subjects: Mothers and sons; Fiction
Work titles: Kjærlighet
Description: "A mother and son move to a village in northern Norway, each ensconced in their own world. Their distance has fatal consequences. Love is the story of Vibeke and Jon, a mother and son who have just moved to a small place in the north of Norway. It's the day before Jon's birthday, and a travelling carnival has come to the village. Jon goes out to sell lottery tickets for his sports club, and Vibeke is going to the library. From here on we follow the two individuals on their separate journeys through a cold winter's night - while a sense of uneasiness grows. Love illustrates how language builds its own reality, and thus how mother and son can live in completely separate worlds. This distance is found not only between human beings, but also within each individual. This novel shows how such distance may have fatal consequences"--
Notes: Translation from the Norwegian of : Kjærlighet.