Horizon Information Portal

e-branch

Home

My Account/Renew Loans

Find Magazine Articles & more

Because Venus crossed an alpine violet on the day that I was born / Mona Høvring ; translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson & Rachel Rankin.

by Høvring, Mona.

View full image

Book*hug Press, 2021.

Mental illness -- Fiction.

Self-realization in women -- Fiction.

Hotels -- Fiction.

Sisters -- Fiction.

Norway -- Fiction.

Literature in translation series.

9781771667067 (trade pbk.)

141 p. ; 21 cm.

Originally published in Norwegian: Norway : Forlaget Oktober, 2018.

Translation of: Fordi Venus passerte en alpefiol den dagen jeg blei født.

Translated from the Norwegian.

Includes bibliographical references.

In a hotel, high up in a mountain village, two sisters aim to reconnect after distant years that contrast their close, almost twin-like upbringing. Martha has just been discharged from a sanatorium after a mental breakdown. Ella agrees to keep her company in the hope that the clean winter air will provide clarity -- and a way back to their childhood connection. It's only when plans go awry, and Martha disappears in a rage, that Ella discovers a new sense of self outside her filial role. This identity is reinforced by various encounters: the hotel receptionist who takes her under her wing; the enigmatic love interest; the wistful, drunken Salvation Army soldier; the carpenter. And not least, Ella's encounter with the writings of Stefan Zweig, which have a profound impact.

Domestic fiction.

Norwegian fiction -- Translations into English.

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.

Horizon Information Portal