Contributions

  • Garton, Janet - Contributor

Publication

2013 - Norvik Press, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

73,500 words, Guess

Page Count

294 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCPT8176.3.H67 T5513 2013

Description

Focuses on the relationship between Ana, a high-flying Danish career woman whose work is her life, and the young teenager Mariama. Ana first meets Mariama selling snacks on a beach in Gambia, and the girl gradually becomes a substitute for the family she never had. Ana brings Mariama to Europe to be educated; the girl finds the cultural shock and living with Ana intensely difficult, whilst Ana's obsession with her leads to her own carefully controlled life descending into chaos. The scene moves from colorful depictions of life in a luxury hotel in Africa, cheek by jowl with desperate poverty, to elite designer flats in Copenhagen, and finally the bustling multicultural community on the streets of London.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Norvik Press Series B: English Translations of Scandanavian Literature -- no. 59

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