Stella Descending: A Novel
by Linn Ullmann | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1400030943 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1400030943 Global Overview for this book
Registered by shimi of Nordre Aker bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on 2/5/2007
This book is in a Controlled Release!
This book is in a Controlled Release!
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Synopsis:
On a warm summer night in Oslo, Martin draws Stella into one of the risky games that have defined their ten years together: a balancing act on the edge of their rooftop, seven storeys up. Amid the shouts of horrified onlookers, Stella stumbles, falling for a moment into Martin's arms before plummeting to her death. Did he try to save her? This is the question that begins Linn Ullmann's transfixing tale of a jealous wife, compliant mistress, treasured friend, angelic nurse, unloved daughter, devoted mother, and - finally - a woman possessed of a secret now forever lost to the living. As Stella's life unfolds in the recollections of those she has left behind, we observe the fabric of many lives slowly yet systematically unravelling. And with Stella herself bearing witness from a place beyond death, we come to understand how precarious her life really was behind its facade of loveliness and order. With a quiet power, Stella Descending gives us the backlit dailiness - and the dark metaphysical underworld - of life in a fabled metropolis. And, in brilliantly evoking the loneliness that haunts all our intimacies, it becomes a fable of life everywhere.
I have this in Norwegian on my TBR-shelf. When I found the English translation on sale, I decided to buy a copy to send out in the world.
On a warm summer night in Oslo, Martin draws Stella into one of the risky games that have defined their ten years together: a balancing act on the edge of their rooftop, seven storeys up. Amid the shouts of horrified onlookers, Stella stumbles, falling for a moment into Martin's arms before plummeting to her death. Did he try to save her? This is the question that begins Linn Ullmann's transfixing tale of a jealous wife, compliant mistress, treasured friend, angelic nurse, unloved daughter, devoted mother, and - finally - a woman possessed of a secret now forever lost to the living. As Stella's life unfolds in the recollections of those she has left behind, we observe the fabric of many lives slowly yet systematically unravelling. And with Stella herself bearing witness from a place beyond death, we come to understand how precarious her life really was behind its facade of loveliness and order. With a quiet power, Stella Descending gives us the backlit dailiness - and the dark metaphysical underworld - of life in a fabled metropolis. And, in brilliantly evoking the loneliness that haunts all our intimacies, it becomes a fable of life everywhere.
I have this in Norwegian on my TBR-shelf. When I found the English translation on sale, I decided to buy a copy to send out in the world.
This book will now travel to Canada, to someone who has it on their wishlist!
Happy travels, little book! :)
Happy travels, little book! :)
What a nice surprise! Thank you!
Time to clean out my shelves again. I'll look for a new home for this book.
Sending as a RABCK to queenfrog. Enjoy!
Arrived today. Thanks so much. Hope to read this one soon
Donating to Amherst Hospital for patients/visitors
