Summary
“The love that dare not speak its name …”
Sweden, 1949. A boy of 15, cutting across a garden, chances upon a woman of 51. What ensues is cataclysmic, life-altering. All the more because it cannot be spoken of. Can it never be spoken of?
Looking back in late old age at an encounter that transformed him suddenly yet utterly, P.O. Enquist, a titan of Swedish letters, has decided to “come out” - but in ways entirely novel and unexpected. He has written the book that smold…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857059918 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857059912 |
| Author: | Per Olov Enquist, Deborah Bragan-Turner |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2016 |
| Weight: | 370g |
| Dimensions: | 223mm x 142mm x 24mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
To my surprise, I start bawling like a baby - The Metaphor Book is actually so beautiful that it makes you cry.
To my surprise, I start bawling like a baby - The Metaphor Book is actually so beautiful that it makes you cry. - Sveriges Radio s Kulturnytt.
One of the most entertaining romans a clef I have ever read. - Kulturnyheterna.It is very beautiful. - Dagens Nyheter.A down-to-earth, fairytale-like love … It turns into some of Enquist’s finest work, a letter from a living person to a dead one. - Svenska Dagbladet.About The Author
Per Olov Enquist
Per Olov Enquist was born in 1934 in a small village in Norrland, the northern part of Sweden. He is one of Sweden’s leading contemporary writers, both as a novelist and a playwright. He has twice won the August Prize for fiction, the most prestigious Swedish literary prize, and was awarded the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for The Visit of the Royal Physician.
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