Present Tense Machine by Øyehaug, Gunnhild
Present Tense Machine by Øyehaug, Gunnhild

Present Tense Machine

"An ingenious pocket universe." --Caitlin Horrocks, The New York Times Book Review Gunnhild yehaug is a magician...
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Author: Gunnhild Øyehaug
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Language: English
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Present Tense Machine by Øyehaug, Gunnhild

Present Tense Machine

$301.56
Present Tense Machine by Øyehaug, Gunnhild

Present Tense Machine

$301.56
Author: Gunnhild Øyehaug
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description

"An ingenious pocket universe." --Caitlin Horrocks, The New York Times Book Review
Gunnhild yehaug is a magician of the highest rank.--Catherine Lacey

On an ordinary day in Bergen, Norway, in the late 1990s, Anna is reading in the garden while her two-year-old daughter, Laura, plays on her tricycle. Then, in one startling moment, Anna misreads a word, an alternate universe opens up, and Laura disappears. Twenty years or so later, life has gone on as if nothing happened, but in each of the women's lives, something is not quite right.

Both Anna and Laura continue to exist, but they are invisible to each other and forgotten in each other's worlds. Both are writers and amateur pianists. They are married; Anna had two more children after Laura disappeared, and Laura is expecting a child of her own. They worry about their families, their jobs, the climate--and whether this reality is all there is.

Author: Gunnhild Øyehaug
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 01/11/2022
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780374237172


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/25/2021
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2021
Booklist 12/01/2021 pg. 23

About the Author

Gunnhild Øyehaug is an award-winning Norwegian poet, essayist, and fiction writer. FSG has published her story collection Knots as well as her novel Wait, Blink, which was adapted into the acclaimed film Women in Oversized Men's Shirts. Øyehaug lives in Bergen, where she teaches creative writing.

Kari Dickson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and grew up bilingual. She has a BA in Scandinavian studies and an MA in translation. Her translation of Brown by Håkon Øverås and Øyvind Torseter won the 2020 Batchelder Award. Before becoming a translator, she worked in theater in London and Oslo. She teaches in the Scandinavian department at the University of Edinburgh.
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