Jens Christian Grøndahl

Often I Am Happy

A Novel

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This elegant and nuanced literary gem explores the intricacies of friendship, secrets, and two marriages, for fans of The Dinner and Dept. of Speculation. Often I am happy and yet I want to cry; / For no heart fully shares my joy. -- B.S. Ingemann Ellinor is seventy. Her husband Georg has just passed away, and she is struck with the need to confide in someone. She addresses Anna, her long-dead best friend, who was also Georg's first wife. Fully aware of the absurdity of speaking to someone who cannot hear her, Ellinor nevertheless finds it meaningful to divulge long-held secrets and burdens of her past: her mother's heartbreaking pride; Ellin… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4555-7006-5
EAN: 9781455570065
Produktnummer: 22909791
Verlag: Grand Central Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 192 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 462 KB

Über den Autor

Jens Christian Grøndahl was born in 1959. His work has been translated into more than 25 languages, and he has received numerous literary prizes in Denmark and abroad. In France, he was made Chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contribution to French culture. His novels Silence in October, Lucca, An Altered Light, and Virginia have also been translated into English. He lives in Copenhagen with his wife and two daughters.