Synopsis
"Elisabeth Rynell's language can only be described as breathtakingly beautiful."
Upsala New Daily
Shortlisted for Sweden's August Prize, Elisabeth Rynell's To Mervas is a vivid exploration of both an external and internal wilderness. Marta, a middle-aged woman who has withdrawn almost completely into herself, is jolted back into contact with the world by a letter from her once-great love. Physical and emotional abuse, longing and loss, and the nature of love and redemption are explored with remarkable empathy and a visceral lyricism in Rynell's wrenching novel.
Elisabeth Rynell, born in Stockholm, is a poet and a novelist. Her works include the poetry volumes Night Conversations, Sorrow Winged Songs, Desert Wanderer, and the novels A Tale of Loka and Hohaj.To Mervas was a finalist for the August Strindberg prize and is her first novel to appear in English.
Upsala New Daily
Shortlisted for Sweden's August Prize, Elisabeth Rynell's To Mervas is a vivid exploration of both an external and internal wilderness. Marta, a middle-aged woman who has withdrawn almost completely into herself, is jolted back into contact with the world by a letter from her once-great love. Physical and emotional abuse, longing and loss, and the nature of love and redemption are explored with remarkable empathy and a visceral lyricism in Rynell's wrenching novel.
Elisabeth Rynell, born in Stockholm, is a poet and a novelist. Her works include the poetry volumes Night Conversations, Sorrow Winged Songs, Desert Wanderer, and the novels A Tale of Loka and Hohaj.To Mervas was a finalist for the August Strindberg prize and is her first novel to appear in English.
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Review
"Elisabeth Rynell is one of Sweden's most intense and, for the lyrical clarity of her voice, most intensely appreciated storytellers in prose and verse. She never wastes words."
"Rika Lesser"
"Not a single false note rings in this sonata in minor."
"Swedish Daily News"
"Elisabeth Rynell's language can only be described as breathtakingly beautiful."
"Upsala New Daily"
A wrenching tale by Swedish novelist and poet Rynell traces a woman s personal journey through shame and violence . . . Rynell proves a fearless writer in this emotionally relentless work and finds a lyrical grace in Marta s self-awareness. Publishers Weekly
Not a single false note rings in this sonata in minor. Swedish Daily News
Elisabeth Rynell s language can only be described as breathtakingly beautiful. Uppsala Daily News
Rynell is one of Sweden s most intense and intensely appreciated storytellers in prose and verse. She never wastes words. Rika Lesser"
About the Author
Elisabeth Rynell, born in Stockholm, is a poet and a novelist. Her works include the poetry volumes Night Conversations, Sorrow Winged Songs, Desert Wanderer, and the novels A Tale of Loka and Hohaj. To Mervas was a finalist for the August Strindberg Prize and is her first novel to appear in English.
Victoria Haggblom is a writer and a translator. She lives in Berkeley, California."
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