Natalja's Stories

Known primarily for her poetry, Inger Christensen (1935-2009) remains one of Denmark's most distinguished and original authors....
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Natalja's Stories by Christensen, Inger

Natalja's Stories

$23.13

Natalja's Stories

$23.13
Author: Inger Christensen
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Known primarily for her poetry, Inger Christensen (1935-2009) remains one of Denmark's most distinguished and original authors. Natalja's Stories, modeled after Boccaccio's Decameron, takes an usual approach to the theme of migration by focusing on the shifting ground of meaning itself. It is a tale told to the narrator by her grandmother--about her mother, "abducted" by a Russian from Copenhagen: taken to Russia, she tries to flee the Revolution; she dies and her ashes are carried back to Denmark. But the story is told and retold in marvelous ways, digressing playfully (often hilariously), and involving murders and absurd characters, with wonderful repeating motifs and passages. Natalja's Stories springs surprise after surprise, and as one Danish critic put it: "instead of a conventional heartbreaking story of loss and disaster, the book appears as a tantalizing account of a character seizing the moment, leaving the past behind, and becoming someone else--offering, in fact, a deconstruction of the usual take on migrant fate as a tragic narrative."



Author: Inger Christensen
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 05/27/2025
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.10h x 4.30w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780811239462


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/17/2025

About the Author
Christensen, Inger: - Inger Christensen (1935- 2009), whose work is a cornerstone of modern Scandinavian poetry, was the recipient of many international awards, among them the Nordic Authors' Prize, bestowed by the Swedish Academy and known as the "Little Nobel." Her books include the masterpiece it; alphabet; Butterfly Valley; and Light, Grass, and Letter in April.Newman, Denise: - Denise Newman's fifth poetry collection is The Redesignation of Paradise. For her translation work, she has received two PEN awards and two NEA fellowships.

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