Shortlisted for Sweden's prestigious August Strindberg Prize, Rynell's To Mervas is a vivid exploration of both the internal and the external wilderness. Marta, a middle-aged woman who has withdrawn almost completely into herself after the loss of her disabled son, is jolted back into the world when she receives a short letter from her former lover, Kosti. The letter prompts her to set off for Mervas, a ghost town deep in the north of Sweden, with no notion of what might await her there...
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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 Häggblom is a writer and a translator. She lives in Berkeley, California."About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Shortlisted for Sweden's prestigious August Strindberg Prize, Rynell's To Mervas is a vivid exploration of both the internal and the external wilderness. Marta, a middle-aged woman who has withdrawn almost completely into herself after the loss of her disabled son, is jolted back into the world when she receives a short letter from her former lover, Kosti. The letter prompts her to set off for Mervas, a ghost town deep in the north of Sweden, with no notion of what might await her there. Seller Inventory # 00109848248
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Shortlisted for Sweden's prestigious August Strindberg Prize, Rynell's To Mervas is a vivid exploration of both the internal and the external wilderness. Marta, a middle-aged woman who has withdrawn almost completely into herself after the loss of her disabled son, is jolted back into the world when she receives a short letter from her former lover, Kosti. The letter prompts her to set off for Mervas, a ghost town deep in the north of Sweden, with no notion of what might await her there. Seller Inventory # CIN0981987370G
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softcover. Condition: Fine copy. 1st. Square 8vo, 192 pp., Translated from the Swedish by Victoria Haggblom. Seller Inventory # 119168
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