"The love that dare not speak its name . . ."
Sweden, 1949. A boy of 15, cutting across a garden, chances upon a woman of 51. What ensues is cataclysmic, life-altering. All the more because it cannot be spoken of. Can it never be spoken of?
Looking back in late old age at an encounter that transformed him suddenly yet utterly, P.O. Enquist, a titan of Swedish letters, has decided to "come out" - but in ways entirely novel and unexpected. He has written the book that smoldered unwritten within him his entire life. The book he had always seen as the one he could not write.
This poignant memoir of love as a religious experience - as a modern form of the Resurrection - is also a deeply felt reflection on the transitoriness of friendship, the fraught nature of family relationships, and the importance of giving voice to what cannot be forgotten. A parable as hauntingly intense as any Bergman film.
Translated from the Swedish by Deborah Bragan-Turner
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. "The love that dare not speak its name . . ." Sweden, 1949. A boy of 15, cutting across a garden, chances upon a woman of 51. What ensues is cataclysmic, life-altering. All the more because it cannot be spoken of. Can it never be spoken of?Looking back in late old age at an encounter that transformed him suddenly yet utterly, P.O. Enquist, a titan of Swedish letters, has decided to "come out" - but in ways entirely novel and unexpected. He has written the book that smoldered unwritten within him his entire life. The book he had always seen as the one he could not write.This poignant memoir of love as a religious experience - as a modern form of the Resurrection - is also a deeply felt reflection on the transitoriness of friendship, the fraught nature of family relationships, and the importance of giving voice to what cannot be forgotten. A parable as hauntingly intense as any Bergman film.Translated from the Swedish by Deborah Bragan-Turner The novel P.O. Enquist thought he would never be able to write. The true story of a love affair between a fifteen-year old boy and a 51-year-old woman Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780857059918
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Book Description Condition: New. The novel P.O. Enquist thought he would never be able to write. The true story of a love affair between a fifteen-year old boy and a 51-year-old woman Translator(s): Bragan-Turner, Deborah. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 368. . 2016. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780857059918