Ebook {Epub PDF} Love Story of the Century by Märta Tikkanen

 · The Love Story of the Century. Shipping calculated at checkout. A classic Swedish-Finnish novel, haunting, profoundly personal, evocative novel, written in verse, dissecting one woman's fraught relationship with her alcoholic husband. Hailed an immediate classic of Finnish literature on its publication in and an international bestseller that has been translated into 19 languages, Märta . The Love Story of the Century is in a way a reply to Henrik Tikkanen’s – Märta’s husband – autobiographical novels, in which he spares neither himself nor his wife in telling the story of their marriage (one of which has been translated into English by Mary Sandbach under the title Snobs’ Island, Chatto and Windus, , see Books from Finland 1/). In turn, Märta Tikkanen passionately . Märta Tikkanen’s verse novel The Love Story of the Century debuted in and quickly became an undisputed classic of Finnish literature. At the time, it was revolutionary in its depiction of life with an alcoholic husband, the violence and fear that came with it, and the demands placed on women in the family and the home.

The love story of the century by Märta Tikkanen, , Capra Press edition, in English. GET THIS BOOK The Love Story of the Century Hailed an immediate classic of Finnish literature on its publication in and an international bestseller that has been translated into 19 languages, Märta Tikkanen's verse novel is a haunting, profoundly evocative portrait of one woman's fraught relationship with her alcoholic husband. Märta Tikkanen's verse novel The Love Story of the Century debuted in and quickly became an undisputed classic of Finnish literature. At the time, it was revolutionary in its depiction of life with an alcoholic husband, the violence and fear that came with it, and the demands placed on women in the family and the home.

It is a story about nuances, about life never being black and white. Manrape sparked a heated debate upon its publication in Once a target of threats and public hate, Tikkanen is now recognized as one of the first challengers of gender roles in Finland’s literature, and her breakthrough novel as a literary classic. www.doorway.ru: The Love Story of the Century () by Tikkanen, Märta and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. It’s called The Love Story of the Century and it was written in by Finnish-Swedish author Märta Tikkanen, translated by Stina Katchadourian, and republished in by Deep Vellum. The book is.