{"product_id":"days-in-the-history-of-silence-paperback","title":"Days in the History of Silence - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMerethe Lindstrom\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed Nordic Council Literature Prize winner, a story that reveals the devastating effects of mistaking silence for peace and feeling shame for inevitable circumstances\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Eva and Simon have spent most of their adult lives together. He is a physician and she is a teacher, and they have three grown daughters and a comfortable home. Yet what binds them together isn't only affection and solidarity but also the painful facts of their respective histories, which they keep hidden even from their own children. But after the abrupt dismissal of their housekeeper and Simon's increasing withdrawal into himself, the past can no longer be repressed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lindstr m has crafted a masterpiece about the grave mistakes we make when we misjudge the legacy of war, common prejudices, and our own strategies of survival.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMerethe Lindstrøm\u003c\/b\u003e has published several novels and collections of short stories, and a children's book. She was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize and for the Norwegian Critics' Award in 2008 for her short-story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Guests\u003c\/i\u003e. The same year, she received the Doubloug Prize for her entire literary work. \u003ci\u003eDays in the History of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e is her most recent novel, nominated for the Norwegian Channel 2 Listeners' Novel Prize, and winner of the Nordic Council Literature Prize and the Norwegian Critics' Prize. She lives in Oslo, Norway. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAnne Bruce\u003c\/b\u003e has degrees in Norwegian and English from Glasgow University covering both Nynorsk and Bokmål, classic and modern texts, written and spoken Norwegian, as well as Old Norse, Icelandic, Swedish, and Danish. She has traveled extensively throughout Scandinavia on lecture and study visits, and undertaken translation and interpretation for visiting groups from Norway. She has translated Wencke Mühleisen's \u003ci\u003eI Should Have Lifted You Carefully Over\u003c\/i\u003e, Jørn Lier Horst's \u003ci\u003eDregs\u003c\/i\u003e, and Anne Holt's \u003ci\u003eBlessed Are Those Who Thirst\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52537483395379,"sku":"9781590515952","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NVJwNkM0R0tBYzIzTXZLb2Z1M241UT09.webp?v=1760810334","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/days-in-the-history-of-silence-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}