My Brother (häftad)
Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
320
Utgivningsdatum
2022-01-06
Förlag
Pushkin Press
Översättare
Anna Paterson
Originalspråk
Swedish
Dimensioner
198 x 129 x 20 mm
Vikt
255 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781782276708

My Brother

Häftad,  Engelska, 2022-01-06
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<p><b>FROM THE AUTHOR OF <i>THE GIRL IN THE EAGLE'S TALONS</i>, THE NEW <i>GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO</i> THRILLER FEATURING LISBETH SALANDER</b></p><p><b>STEEPED IN DARKNESS, COMPLICITY AND FORGIVENESS, THIS BESTSELLING SCANDI NOIR IS FOR FANS OF LITERARY FICTION SUCH AS <i>MY ABSOLUTE DARLING</i>, <i>A LITTLE LIFE</i> AND <i>THE DISCOMFORT OF EVENING</i></b></p><p><b>A MAJOR BESTSELLER<br>OPTIONED FOR TV BY THE PRODUCERS OF <i>THE BRIDGE</i><br>SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS AUGUST PRIZE<br>TRANSLATED INTO ELEVEN LANGUAGES</b></p><p>'Well worth the read' <i><b>GUARDIAN</i></b></p><p>'Bleak and beautiful rural noir' <i><b>CRIMEREADS</i></b><p>'Perfect for fans of Scandi-noir dramas' <i><b>CULTUREFLY</i></b></p><p>____________</p><p>Jana Kippo has returned to Smalnger to see her twin brother, Bror, still living in the small family farmhouse in the remote north of Sweden.</p><p>Within the isolated community, secrets and lies have grown silently, undisturbed for years.</p><p>Following the discovery of a young woman's body in the long grass behind the sawmill, the siblings, hooked by a childhood steeped in darkness, need to break free.</p><p>But the truth cannot be found in other people's stories. The question is - can it be found anywhere?</p><p><b>A literary noir of phenomenal power about the magnetic attraction of the wrong person, the brutality visited upon one human to another - and a rural community that stood by and did nothing</b></p><p>____________</p><p><b>FURTHER PRAISE FOR <i>MY BROTHER</i></b></p><p>'Possesses <b>the same melodramatic power as Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels</b>' <i>ETC</i></p><p>'<b>A media sensation. . . remarkable</b>' <i>GP</i></p><p>'Brutal, colourful, carnal. . . <b>Impossible to put down</b>' <i>Expresse</i></p><p>'<b>A rare story-telling talent</b>' <i>Aftonbladet</i></p><p>____________</p><p><b>READERS LOVE <i>MY BROTHER</i></b></p><p>'A <b>powerful story, brilliantly translated</b>'</p><p>'Rural and <b>epic in landscape</b>, deep and <b>heart-breaking in loss, and truth</b>'</p><p>'If you enjoyed <b><i>The Discomfort of Evenings</i> by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld</b>, I think you will enjoy this too!'</p>
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"Chinks of light appear as secrets are revealed Well worth the read" --GUARDIAN "Original and fascinating, the best debut Ive read from a Swedish writer in years" --MARTIN HOLMN, AUTHOR OF THE STOCKHOLM TRILOGY "Bleak and beautiful rural noir" --CRIMEREADS "From the start, there is an energy in the writing of this novel that only occasionally lets up unfolding mysteries with miseries" --IRISH TIMES "My Brother is perfect for fans of Scandi-noir dramas" --CULTUREFLY "An exposition on human frailty and resilience, and on despair and hope Darkly poetic" --EUROPEAN LITERATURE NETWORK "This years best novel Brutal, colourful, carnal Impossible to put down" --EXPRESSEN "Every now and then there are debut novels that appear like crown jewels My Brother belongs there: clever, detailed and shimmering" --SVENSKA DAGBLADET "[Karin Smirnoff] is a rare story-telling talent" --AFTONBLADET "[My Brother] possesses the same melodramatic power as Ferrantes Neapolitan Novels" --ETC "Secrets and lies grow thick and tall like tree trunks [My Brother] has its own logic and its own hard, coarse beauty" --SMLANDPOSTEN "Karin Smirnoffs debut novel has become a media sensation Its a remarkable novel." --GP

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Karin Smirnoff lives in Hertsnger, Sweden. She worked as a journalist before quitting her job to buy a wood factory. After a couple of years, she wrote her debut novel, My Brother, which was discovered on the slush pile. It became a critically acclaimed bestseller and has since been shortlisted for the prestigious August Prize, translated into eleven languages, and optioned for TV by the producers behind The Bridge.