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The Helios Disaster
Paperback
General FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $15.99
ISBN13: 9781642860689
Publisher: World Editions
Published: Apr 7 2020
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Awards: National Book Awards, National Book Awards
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN TRANSLATED LITERATURE
Knausgård is an impressive writer --Publishers Weekly
Knausgård's writing is crystalline and careful --Kirkus Reviews
Boström Knausgård's careful exploration of mental illness is restrained and entirely unsentimental. (...) Her prose is unobtrusive in its simplicity and minimalism. The result is both powerful and lyrical. --Words Without Borders
This modern spin on the myth of Athena plunges us deep inside the mind of an unlikely twelve-year-old goddess confined to a small Swedish town. Separated from her father just moments after bursting from his skull in full armor, Anna is packed off into foster care where she learns to ski, speaks in tongues, and negotiates the needs of a quirky cast of relatives. Unable to overcome her father's absence, however, she finally succumbs to depression and is institutionalized. Anna's rallying war cry rings out across the pages of this concise and piercing novel as a passionate appeal for belonging taken to its emotional extreme.
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