Bibliograph

Girls against God, a novel, Jenny Hval ; translated by Marjam Idriss

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Girls against God, a novel, Jenny Hval ; translated by Marjam Idriss

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Girls against God

Responsibility statement

Jenny Hval ; translated by Marjam Idriss

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"Welcome to 1990s Norway. White picket fences run in neat rows and Christian conservatism runs deep. But as the Artist considers her work, things start stirring themselves up. In a corner of Oslo a coven of witches begin cooking up some curses. A time-travelling Edvard Munch arrives in town to join a death metal band, closely pursued by the teenaged subject of his painting Puberty, who has murder on her mind. Meanwhile, out deep in the forest, a group of school girls get very lost and things get very strange. And awful things happen in aspic."--Amazon.com"Ellinor, a jaded PR consultant, is landed with an unusual brief when a colleague commits suicide. She finds herself working with the Norwegian Post and Communications Union, focused on a strange, inspiring story of one undelivered letter. What follows is a story of mundane lives raised to the pitch of heroism"--, Provided by publisher

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