The Murder of Halland. Pia Juul

Аннотация:

The recent popularity of Scandinavian crime fiction/so-called «Nordic Noir» (e.g., Jo Nesbo) among North American audiencesThat said, it's not your typical whodunnit: there is a crime, and an investigation, but it's equally about the female protagonist's reckoning with grief and lossLonglisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (2014) and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (2013)Aitken translated Dorthe Nors's acclaimed short story collection Karate Chop (Graywolf, 2014)Originally published by Peirene Press in the UK, this is the first North American edition