A dramatic portrait of the dissolution of a marriage, written with brutal and lyrical precision, and nominated for the Nordic Prize. Jon, who is losing his wife to another man, is trying to understand what happened to his Great Love, by working, painfully, to see the story from her perspective. It begins as he asks her: "Can you tell me about us?" As he looks to his past and within himself, he begins to question the conventions of masculinity and femininity, understanding himself uncommonly as a man who challenges the male role--he's deeply embedded in family life, and identifies as sensitive, vulnerable, and nurturing. And finally, in an effort to understand how his wife could fall in love with someone else, he attempts an ultimate act of empathy: to tell the story from the other man's point of view, raising crippling questions: Is it possible to have sex without violating oneself or the other? How much of what we think is love is only projection? Is it possible to truly know another person? With prose unsettling in its precision and emotional heft, The Story of a Marriage cracks wide open the familiar story of a failed love, as it turns cliched phrases over and over again until they crumble, revealing a bitter hollowness--or ringing new meanings.
Geir Gulliksen Livres
Geir Gulliksen est un auteur et éditeur norvégien dont l'œuvre explore les complexités de l'expérience humaine. Son écriture se caractérise par une perspicacité aiguë de la vie quotidienne et la nature complexe des relations. La voix distinctive et les observations profondes de Gulliksen encouragent les lecteurs à réfléchir à leur propre vie. Il est également reconnu pour son rôle influent dans la promotion des talents littéraires émergents en Norvège.
Oberes Tor, unteres Tor
- 344pages
- 13 heures de lecture
Die Geschichte entfaltet sich über drei Generationen einer norwegischen Familie und beleuchtet die Herausforderungen, Freuden und Konflikte, die sie durchlebt. Sie thematisiert die tiefen Bindungen zwischen den Familienmitgliedern und die Auswirkungen von historischen Ereignissen auf ihr Leben. Durch die Perspektiven verschiedener Charaktere wird ein facettenreiches Bild von Liebe, Verlust und der Suche nach Identität gezeichnet. Die Erzählung verbindet persönliche Schicksale mit der kulturellen und sozialen Entwicklung Norwegens.