If Only Books if we take the reasons

if we take the reasons for prison and punishment at their word

- Surviving break-ups with our self-esteem intact

or the seeming paradox of how to reunite his two closest friends whose worldviews put them in absolute opposition

Moving from the Rig Veda to the Edda to Ovid

it cements Vodolazkin's position as the rising star of Russia's literary scene

If Only Books if we take the reasonsTitle: If Only Author: Vigdis Hjorth ISBN: 9781839768880 Publisher: Verso Fiction Published: 2024 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition Note: New from the publisher Publisher Description: A passionate and groundbreaking bestseller from one of Norway's most highly regarded and award winning novelists, for readers of Annie Ernaux's A Simple Passion and Coco Mellors' Cleopatra and Frankenstein A relatively young woman, aged thirty. She married