I curse the river of time
By: by Per Petterson
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9781846553011; 9781846553004
Subjects: Communists; Fiction; Mothers and sons; Life change events; Politics and government
Description: It is 1989 and all over Europe Communism is crumbling. Arvid Jansen, 37, is in the throes of a divorce. At the same time, his mother is diagnosed with cancer. Over a few intense autumn days, we follow Arvid as he struggles to find a new footing in his life, while all the established patterns around him are changing at staggering speed.
Notes: Translated from the Norwegian.