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Rakkauden Antarktis by Sara Stridsberg

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pernilleborch's review against another edition

5.0

Denne bog er helt og fuldstændig sin egen. Den minder om ingenting, jeg har læst før. Den er så smuk og så barsk, drømmende, svævende og benhård. Stridsberg har virkelig et særligt talent for at skrive sig ind i det mørkeste på en måde, så det kan mærkes, så det giver sug i maven. Hun kobler liv og død, mennesket og universet, og man sidder tilbage totalt overrumplet. Det er virkelig ikke for sarte sjæle!

soinap's review

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4.0

Vau. Tää oli kyllä upea teos. En tiennyt mistä se kertoo, joten alun graavius ja karmeus yllättivät. Kirjoitustyylistä pidin kovasti. Hieno kirja, mutta ei sovi kaikkein herkimmille.

diesmali's review against another edition

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5.0

Så vacker och så hjärtskärande. Orginell och essentiell. Läs den!

jgwc54e5's review against another edition

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5.0

The opening of this book is breathtaking and devastating! The writing is incredibly beautiful but the story itself is cold, dark and upsetting. The narrator is Inni, a young woman, a daughter, mother and heroin addict and she is dead. She tells the story of her life and brutal murder, and then watches her children and mother afterwards. It isn’t told in a linear way and very often it circles around to the same incidents particularly her death. I found it a powerful read, difficult to keep reading but also impossible to stop. I was drawn to the stark beauty of the cover and the intriguing title and then the words are so compelling, this book will probably haunt me for ages.