This Should End with My Death
by Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo
Description
This love needs to be amputated, executed, buried deep underground.
The author meets a man. He is married. First, it is about lust, then love. They keep meeting in secret, months turning to years, and making the impossible even worse.
This Should End with My Death is a brutally clear and heartbreaking short novel depicting an author who is cutting herself from forbidden love by writing. All the way to the point where there’s no lust to live, neither yet lust to die. Only the words remain, and it’s worth being honest, whatever the cost.
Reading This Should End with My Death hurts. But there is also dark humour in undoing clichés that suddenly turn into true experiences.
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Reviews
"A masterpiece in few words."
-Åbo Underrättelser
"A kind of mourning song and a farewell to a love that must die in order for life to continue, and order to be restored."
- Literary blog by Björn Kohlström
Author Biography
Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo (b. 1974) is one of the most exciting and fresh literary authors in Finland today. Her unique, feminine voice, the distinct spark in her writing, and the exceptional sensitivity to rhythm in her language make her truly stand out.
Taivassalo, who has been awarded several prizes, writes originally in Swedish. In her novels, Taivassalo explores the themes of continuous movement, of leaving, of restlessness and displacement, but also of the joy of discovering. She writes about desire and sex exceptionally well and excels in describing the erotic charge between her characters.
Taivassalo has published several novels, worked in theatre, written plays and studied at the Theatre Academy, as well as at the University of Helsinki.
Among other prizes, she has been awarded The Runeberg prize for her first novel, ANDREJ KRAPI’S FIVE KNIVES (2007), and Finlandspris (from a Swedish culture fund) in 2017 for her “unique authorship”, her “novels with unexpected twists” and for “detailed, lyric and impressionistic prose”.
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- Publisher Förlaget M
- Orginal LanguageSwedish
- Publication Country or regionFinland
- FormatHardback
- Pages150
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleI slutet borde jag dö
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