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Krakow

Krakow is a novel with a powerful theme and broad appeal. It problematizes the condition of grief and how it pulls people out of their ordinary life into a state of extreme loneliness.

A woman loses her unborn child. She is determined not to think about the baby but she is incapable of forgetting about what happened. She leaves everything behind and heads back to Krakow where she used to live as a student. Visiting places and meeting people trigger choices in her that she’s forced to face; whether to continue focusing on her loss, or to move on and embrace the possibilities ahead in Krakow. Reacquainted with the familiar, yet unfamiliar, city and people, she gradually discovers an understanding of suff ering; her own as well as that of others.

Praise for Krakow :

”A powerful little book about losing, about being found … The ideal first meeting with a book: When the language from the very first page takes a grip somewhere on the back of your neck or under the breastbone or under your skull or wherever it takes a grip, and holds on to me, takes me further.”
(Aftenposten)

”The language of reviewers withers in encounter with this book. There is not much to add, except this is a book, it is made up of writing, the writing is a joy to read, and it is a fact: Aasne Linnestå slowly writes better and better, letter by letter, millimetre by millimetre down the pages.”
(Klassekampen)

First published: 2007 by Aschehoug.
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