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"A mesmerizing collection of playfully surreal stories from one of Norway's most celebrated writers. First published in Norway in 2004, Knots is Gunnhild Øyehaug's radical collection of short stories that range from the surreal to the oddly mundane, and prod the discomforts of mental,...
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
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English Norwegian |
| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| Summary: |
"A mesmerizing collection of playfully surreal stories from one of Norway's most celebrated writers. First published in Norway in 2004, Knots is Gunnhild Øyehaug's radical collection of short stories that range from the surreal to the oddly mundane, and prod the discomforts of mental, sexual, and familial bonds. In both precise short-shorts and ruminative longer tales, Øyehaug meanders through the tangled, jinxed, and unavoidable conflicts of love and desire. From young Rimbaud's thwarted passions to the scandalous disappearance of an entire family, these stories do the chilling work of tr |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 164 pages ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780374181673 (hardcover) : 0374181675 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | PT8952 |
| CLC: | I533.45 |
| Call Number: | I533.45/Y436-1 |
| Contents: | Nice and mild -- Take off, landing -- Small knot -- Gold pattern -- Overtures -- A renowned engineer -- The girl holding my hand -- From the lighthouse -- Grandma is sleeping -- An entire family disappears -- It's raining in love -- Compulsion -- Oh, life -- Echo -- The deer at the edge of the forest -- It's snowing -- Fortune smiles on Mona Lisa -- Deal -- Trapeze -- Blanchot slips under a bridge -- Air -- Transcend -- Meanwhile, on another planet -- Vitalie meets an officer -- The object assumes an exalted place in the discourse -- Two by two -- Notes. |