Items related to Grace
Synopsis
Johan has bargained with Death for years: when he was a boy, he prayed that Death take his father, not his mother; when he was a man, Death kindly removed his wife, Alice, allowing him to marry Mai, the love of his life. Now, Death has come for him, and Johan needs to strike one last bargain: when the moment arrives, he wants Mai to promise that she will help him on his way out of the world.
Johan has been mainly a paragon of mediocrity; it is only through his love for Mai that he has seen the greater possibilities that life can sometimes offer. He is determined that his passing will be dignified, controlled - perhaps even comforting. But when the time comes, and Mai has finally agreed to help him, he is no longer sure even that he has asked the right question. His deathbed is not as he imagined. His life - as a husband, lover and father - was never what it could have been. And why is it exactly, he wonders, that his one true love has agreed to be his angel of death?
Linn Ullmann's haunting novel portrays a passionate love affair and asks difficult questions about life, love and death. Finally, in prose of cool precision, deep insight and dark wit, it illustrates how the most ordinary of lives can, in the end, be unexpectedly touched by grace.
'Ullmann is a fine writer, complex, intelligent and scrupulous. The drama of private life, and of the here and now, continues to require voices such as hers' Daily Telegraph
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review
A delicate, haunting portrait of a fainthearted, man trying his best to meet the ends of life - and love - with a modicum of dignity and, yes, grace' New York Times
Book Description
A stunning novel about how the most banal of lives can be touched by grace in the most unexpected ways
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherPicador
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0330434314
- ISBN 13 9780330434317
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages144
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
£ 9.95
Shipping:
£ 30
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Grace
Published by
Macmillan Distribution Ltd., 2006
ISBN 10: 0330434314
ISBN 13: 9780330434317
Used
Hardcover
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR006875173
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Grace
Seller: Greener Books, London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Used; Very Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books. Seller Inventory # 4485732
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Grace (A FIRST PRINTING)
Published by
London, United Kingdom: Picador, 2006
ISBN 10: 0330434314
ISBN 13: 9780330434317
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: S.Carter, NEWPORT, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. UK1ST.EDIITON.1ST.IMPRESSION.A FINE HARDBACK IN A FINE DUSTWRAPPER.31/g Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng. Seller Inventory # 19HFGDC/G
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
Grace
Published by
Picador, London, 2006
ISBN 10: 0330434314
ISBN 13: 9780330434317
New
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA, HINDHEAD, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First UK Edition, First Printing. No faults. Seller Inventory # 004859
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
Grace
Published by
Macmillan Publishers Ltd 20.01.2006., 2006
ISBN 10: 0330434314
ISBN 13: 9780330434317
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Modernes Antiquariat an der Kyll, Lissendorf, Germany
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Sehr gut. 144 Seiten Schnitt ist vergilbt, kleine Lagerspuren am Buch, Inhalt einwandfrei und ungelesen 203361 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 280 21,6 x 14,0 x 2,2 cm, Gebundene Ausgabe. Seller Inventory # 142367
Quantity: 1 available