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| Silence in October |
Nominated ISBN: 0862419425 |
Find out more about the author on the following websites: Silence in October reviewed with links to author profile and excerpt from the novel
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| Jens Christian Grøndahl | ||
| Translated from the Danish by Anne Born | ||
| Nominated by: | ||
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Copenhagen Central Library, Copenhagen, Denmark Stockholm Public Library, Stockholm, Sweden |
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ABOUT THE
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After 18 years of marriage, the narrator's wife has left home. Astrid's departure causes her art-historian husband to reassess and question his whole existence: not just his relationship with Astrid, but with their children, friends, his previous lovers, his work and perhaps most significantly himself. Moment by moment, in the silence of their Copenhagen apartment, the puzzle of his life takes shape. Grøndahl explores with great subtlety the secret, unpredictable connections between men and women. Highly visual, deeply moving and utterly riveting. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Jens
Christian Grøndahl was born in 1959. He is the
author of eleven novels, essays and several plays. His novel, Lucca,
was awarded the Golden Laurels Prize in 1999 and Silence in October
is being translated into ten languages.
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