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Two innovative novellas… one written in headlines alone, one written as a series of lists, both about women who have recently been left broken-hearted and are coping with 21st century breakups. I found both really compelling…. My only reservation is that both formats somehow kept me at a distance, and felt a little cold. Really creative and unique though…. #weathertermintitle #booked2022 @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @alisiakae

Made a note to myself: there‘s the reality that the others keep an eye on, and next to it is my own.

Two novellas in lists so it was interesting but didn‘t pack the punch of her earlier short story collection (Karate Chop) for me.

Women are tough to swallow.

#readathon #book2 @DeweysReadathon

This is so great; read it through twice. It's got a strange narrative structure but it's somehow still so emotive, especially the first story. #ReadingWomenMonth

Translated from the Danish by Misha Hoekstra
Graywolf Press, 2016

This one looks interesting for #AprilBookShowers #womenintranslation
She is the first Dane ever to have a piece of fiction published in the New Yorker.
This contains two novellas, "both of which chronicle the aftermath of two twenty-first century romances with humor and empathy."
Has anyone read it?

This book is two novellas written in a series of headlines and lists. This could have been too precious and edgy but the juxtaposition of banal details with sharply delineated observations acutely describes the interior monologue of the mc. The author/ narrator has something to say about modern life so substance is not sacrificed for style but enhanced by it. Does not seem self indulgent like some formally experimental texts do.

This was a funny, weird little book. It consists of two novellas - one of them I liked a lot and the other I sort of liked. But overall it is a pick for me. Both novellas are written like lists or like poetry. But especially "Minna needs a practice space" has a bit more plot, and I felt more connected to this, than I did to "Days".

This is a collection of two novellas by Danish author, Dorthe Nors. In the first one "Days" we meet a woman who is heartbroken. It is written in lists! In the second novella "Minna needs a practice space" we meet Minna. It is written sort of like prose poetry.

It is my first time reading something sort of "experimental" like this, but so far I am enjoying it.

#currentlyreading

It is my birthday next week, so my dad and little brother came on a visit today (we live in different towns). And look! They brought books 😄📚 I am a sucker for birthdays and presents, so I was very happy.

#birthdayhaul

Started this while baby sitting today, it's really weird! I now need to run to the library to read the rest!

A little chilly this morning but I'm hoodied up and reading in the courtyard.

"14. I'll drink it for Pentecost, 15. for Pentecost when I'm happy, 16. really happy." Dorthe Nors #poetry #translation

Interesting idea for a story. Not sure how successful it was though. But it was interesting to read something out of the norm.

Absolutely loved it.

I'm having a total Graywolf weekend. (Yay, Minneapolis!)

THIS. BOOK.

TFW your manicure matches your book.

"6. Gave my secrets a good going-over."

"
13. Cannot cast away recollection,
14. cannot cast away Brahms and those parts,
15. cannot cast away the memory and feeling and loss of my voice,
16. cannot cast away life, cannot cast it away.
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--from "Days," the second novella in SO MUCH FOR THAT WINTER by Dorthe Nors--get your copy today! ?✨

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Feel like I've failed at most of my romantic relationships but this book at least didn't fail me

"Minna's working on a paper sonata.
The paper sonata consists of tonal rows.
Minna writes soundless music.
Minna is a tad avant-garde."
--from "Minna Needs Rehearsal Space," the first novella in SO MUCH FOR THAT WINTER by Dorthe Nors. Pub date: 6/21/16. ✨