Ellinor,a 35-year-old media consultant,has not been feeling herself; she's not been feeling much at all lately. Far beyond jaded,she picks through an old diary and fails to recognise the woman in its pages,seemingly as far away from the world around her as she's ever been. But when her coworker vanishes overnight,an unusual new task is dropped on her desk. Off she goes to meet the Norwegian Postal Workers Union,setting the ball rolling on a strange and transformative six months.
This is an existential scream of a novel about loneliness (and the postal service!),written in Vigdis Hjorth's trademark spare,rhythmic and cutting style.
Publisher: Verso BooksISBN: 9781788733137Number of pages: 208Weight: 176 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 14 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'The ordinary becomes vibrant and life-affirming in Long Live the Post Horn!,an engrossing novel about how evenhopeless battles are worth fighting.'- Eileen Gonzalez,Foreword Reviews
'Quirky,unsettling. - Kirkus Reviews
'Hjorth's substantive and witty novel of personal growth delivers on multiple levels.'- Publishers Weekly
'A superb story about a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown - The Modern Novel
'Wrenching tenderness from the mouth of irony,Hjorth proves how major effects don't always come from the heavy-foot pedals.'- John Freeman,Lit Hub,Most Anticipated Books of 2020
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