In every moment we are still alive / Tom Malmquist ; translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch
By: Malmquist, Tom [author].
Contributor(s): Koch, Henning [translator].
Publisher: Brooklyn : Melville House, [2017]Description: 232 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781612197111.Uniform titles: I varje ögonblick är vi fortfarande vid liv. English Subject(s): Fathers and daughters -- Fiction | Life change events -- Fiction | Single fathers -- Fiction | Mothers -- Death -- Fiction | Childbirth -- FictionGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: "When Tom's heavily pregnant girlfriend Karin is rushed to the hospital, doctors are able to save the baby. But they are helpless to save Karin from what turns out to be acute leukemia. And in a cruel, fleeting moment Tom gains a daughter but loses his soul-mate. In Every Moment We Are Alive is the story of the year that changes everything, as Tom must reconcile the fury and pain of loss with the overwhelming responsibility of raising his daughter, Livia, alone. By turns tragic and redemptive, meditative and breathless, achingly poignant and darkly funny, this autobiographical novel has been described as 'hypnotic', 'impossible to resist' and 'one of the most powerful books about grief ever written'."--Publisher's description| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | PT9877.23.A46 I313 2017 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000011480 |
"First published in Sweden in 2015 by Natur & Kultur. First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Sceptre"--Title page verso
"When Tom's heavily pregnant girlfriend Karin is rushed to the hospital, doctors are able to save the baby. But they are helpless to save Karin from what turns out to be acute leukemia. And in a cruel, fleeting moment Tom gains a daughter but loses his soul-mate. In Every Moment We Are Alive is the story of the year that changes everything, as Tom must reconcile the fury and pain of loss with the overwhelming responsibility of raising his daughter, Livia, alone. By turns tragic and redemptive, meditative and breathless, achingly poignant and darkly funny, this autobiographical novel has been described as 'hypnotic', 'impossible to resist' and 'one of the most powerful books about grief ever written'."--Publisher's description