To Mervas

Rynell, Elisabeth

ISBN 10: 0981987370 / ISBN 13: 9780981987378

Published by Archipelago, 2010

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Very Good Condition - May show some limited signs of wear and may have a remainder mark. Pages and dust cover are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: To Mervas
• Publisher: Archipelago
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0981987370
• ISBN 13: 9780981987378
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

To Mervas is a turbulent journey through the wilderness of memory, domestic violence, and the vast gulf between lost lovers. After years of insulating herself from humanity in the wake of her disabled son’s death, Marta is jolted out of exile when a cryptic note arrives from Mervas, a ghost town deep in Sweden’s desolate northern wilds. The letter is from Kosti, her once-great love, shattering a silence of more than twenty years. When spring comes she sets off alone for Mervas, without any notion of who or what might await her there. Physical and emotional abuse, longing and loss, and the nature of love and redemption are explored with remarkable empathy and a visceral lyricism in Elizabeth Rynell’s stirring novel.

About the Author

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.

Victoria Häggblom is a writer and a translator. She lives in Berkeley, California.