{"product_id":"love-hardcover-2","title":"Love - Hardcover","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\u003eTomas Espedal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel of intersecting historical threads.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove\u003c\/i\u003e narrates celebrated Norwegian writer Tomas Espedal's search for death. The decision blossoms within I--the I-person--\"like some interior bloom, black and beautiful\" on a warm spring day in May, and it is this resolution that fills his self-imposed final year with meaning: Death. It can be so beautiful. One must create this beauty for oneself. One must submit to this naturalness, one must choose it, like pulling the duvet over oneself in bed or jumping off a bridge. But almost immediately life deals I a wildcard: a new love affair brings some of the best days he's ever known and threatens his pact with death. Will he be able to leave Aka and the child she's carrying? He has put an endpoint on his life to intensify experience but is he sure that disappearing from their lives, becoming an absent father, is the best thing for all of them? Set against Espedal's constant reference, the ebb and flow of the seasons, something close to ecstasy propels this most introspective of narratives towards a universal truth.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTomas Espedal\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eTramp\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Art\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBergeners\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Year\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eJames Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e's literary translations from Norwegian include \u003ci\u003eBerlin Poplars\u003c\/i\u003e by Anne B. Ragde, \u003ci\u003eNutmeg\u003c\/i\u003e by Kristin Valla, and several books by Jostein Gaarder. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47253248442617,"sku":"9781803090801","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/L2JNZEQyN1JRQkR0UXRSSDkzVUxpQT09.webp?v=1768699786","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/love-hardcover-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}