Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2022
On a kibbutz in Israel in 2008,Gili is celebrating the ninetieth birthday of her grandmother Vera,the adored matriarch of a sprawling and tight-knit family. But festivities are interrupted by the arrival of Nina: the iron-willed daughter who rejected Vera's care; and the absent mother who abandoned Gili when she was still a baby.
Nina's return to the family after years of silence precipitates an epic journey from Israel to the desolate island of Goli Otok,formerly part of Yugoslavia. It was here,five decades earlier,that Vera was held and tortured as a political prisoner. And it is here that the three women will finally come to terms with the terrible moral dilemma that Vera faced,and that permanently altered the course of their lives.
More Than I Love My Life is a sweeping story about the power of love and loving with courage. A novel driven by faith in humanity even in our darkest moments,it asks us to confront our deepest held beliefs about a woman's duty to herself and to her children.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781529113945Number of pages: 288Weight: 207 gDimensions: 198 x 130 x 16 mm
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'More Than I Love My Life... is a profound testament to the emotional power of fiction and shows why some critics regard Grossman as a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature.'- Max Liu,Financial Times
'Immaculately translated by Jessica Cohen,this is another extraordinary novel from Grossman,a book as beautiful and sad as anything you'll read this year.'- Alex Preston,Observer
'Unforgettable... this adds another remarkable achievement to Grossman's long list.'- Publisher's Weekly
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