Story of a Marriage
ABOUT
THE BOOK
In his struggle to understand what has happened to his family, how his wife could fall in love with another man after twenty happy years, Jon attempts to tell the story of the painful collapse of his marriage, but from her point of view. He tries to get inside her head, to see it all as she did, all the while knowing that he can never really achieve this, and that his efforts reveal more projection than insight.
How can one truly know another person? How much of what we think is love is just a construct? Is it possible to find and maintain the great love we long for? Gulliksen explores these questions, turning them over again and again till they crack, revealing hollowness or possible new meanings.
ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Deborah
Dawkin
Deborah Dawkin was born in London in 1961. She worked in the theatre and in marketing before becoming a literary translator. In 2009 she completed an MA in Social and Cultural History.
Deborah Dawkin was born in London in 1961. She worked in the theatre and in marketing before becoming a literary translator. In 2009 she completed an MA in Social and Cultural History.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
A short and beautifully written book about the universal pain of failed love. He pretends to be a modern and liberal man, but the freedom he gives his wife is on this terms, not hers. Sølvberget Library and Culture Centre, Norway