Synopsis
"Elisabeth Rynell's language can only be described as breathtakingly beautiful."
Upsala New Daily
Shortlisted for Sweden's August Prize, Elisabeth Rynell's To Mervas is a vivid exploration of both an external and internal wilderness. Marta, a middle-aged woman who has withdrawn almost completely into herself, is jolted back into contact with the world by a letter from her once-great love. Physical and emotional abuse, longing and loss, and the nature of love and redemption are explored with remarkable empathy and a visceral lyricism in Rynell's wrenching novel.
Elisabeth Rynell, born in Stockholm, is a poet and a novelist. Her works include the poetry volumes Night Conversations, Sorrow Winged Songs, Desert Wanderer, and the novels A Tale of Loka and Hohaj.To Mervas was a finalist for the August Strindberg prize and is her first novel to appear in English.
Upsala New Daily
Shortlisted for Sweden's August Prize, Elisabeth Rynell's To Mervas is a vivid exploration of both an external and internal wilderness. Marta, a middle-aged woman who has withdrawn almost completely into herself, is jolted back into contact with the world by a letter from her once-great love. Physical and emotional abuse, longing and loss, and the nature of love and redemption are explored with remarkable empathy and a visceral lyricism in Rynell's wrenching novel.
Elisabeth Rynell, born in Stockholm, is a poet and a novelist. Her works include the poetry volumes Night Conversations, Sorrow Winged Songs, Desert Wanderer, and the novels A Tale of Loka and Hohaj.To Mervas was a finalist for the August Strindberg prize and is her first novel to appear in English.
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