Books
by Herbiorg Wassmo
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Dina's Book |
This gripping, informative novel, by a leading Scandinavian writer, paints a vivid picture of life in mid-nineteenth century Norway. A small girl - traumatized by guilt after accidentally causing her mother's terrible death - becomes psychotic, slowly recovers but is left with an impaired sense of personal identity and of her capacity to distinguish between fantasy and reality. Psychologically it is remarkably authentic, particularly regarding her transient sense of being her mother and confusing herself with other people.
(Murray Jackson - bwl 20 September 2003) |
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