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Review: Orstavik has an almost unnerving ability to reproduce the tone of the inner dialogues people have with themselves, she is unsurpassed in her description of the way wordless thoughts slip and slide from one theme to the next.' Dagens Naringsliv 'Rarely does one come across such a perceptive analytical mind as Hanne Orstavik.' Dagbladet 'Hanne Orstavik is one of the most important writers in Nordic contemporary literature.' Morgenbladet 'A book for all daughters - A book that will get under your skin.' Elle

As clear and relentless as the cold air, Love unfolds over one winter's evening. Single mother Vibeke and her son Jon have just moved to a small, remote town in the north of Norway. Tomorrow Jon will be nine. As Vibeke gets changed after work, Jon wonders what surprises his mother has prepared for him. He leaves the house certain she will make him a cake. But preoccupied with concerns of her own, she too ventures out. Inextricably linked yet desperately at odds, mother and son make their lonely ways through the unforgiving night. Beautifully translated into English by Martin Aitken, this...