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The Polyglot Lovers

by Saskia Vogel, Lina Wolff
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  • Augustpriset for Fiction (2016)
  • Svenska Dagbladets litteraturpris (2016)
  • Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2019)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Polyglot Lovers

by Saskia Vogel, Lina Wolff
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ISBN: 9781911508441
Authors: Saskia Vogel, Lina Wolff
Publisher: And Other Stories
Date of Publication: 2019-04-02
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.4
(rated by 4086 readers)

Description

`Do you have to stare like that?' I asked. `Think about the actors in porn. They've got no problem showing themselves off.' `Think about when I broke your nose,' I replied. Ellinor is thirty-six. She wears soft black sweatpants and a Michelin Man jacket. She fights. Smart and unsentimental, she tries her hand at online dating, only to be stranded by a snowstorm in Stockholm, far from her village in the south of Sweden. Ellinor finds herself at the heart of an intrigue involving a blind ex-wife with a `hot meaty ass', an overweight literary critic with a Houellebecq obsession, and a manuscript: a very important manuscript. Cut to Max Lamas, its author, who dreams of a polyglot lover, a woman who will understand him, in every tongue. His search takes him to Italy, where he befriends a Marchesa on the brink of ruin, and where her granddaughter, Lucrezia, brings this tale to its final, shocking conclusion. The Polyglot Lovers, winner of the 2016 August Prize, Sweden's most prestigious literary prize, is a masterclass in comic plot and timing, taking down the pretentions of the literary establishment - and the patriarchy - with Wolff's trademark wit and dexterity.
 
  • Augustpriset for Fiction (2016)
  • Svenska Dagbladets litteraturpris (2016)
  • Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2019)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.