Books by Karolina Ramqvist (2)
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Bread and Milk by Karolina Ramqvist EN
SwedenDescription:
A gorgeous essayistic memoir about how what we eat is inexorably intertwined with how we love Bread and Milk traces a life through food from carefully restricted low-fat margarine to a bag of tangerines devoured in one setting to the luxury of a grandmother's rice pudding. In this radiant memoir from one of Northern Europe's most notable literary stylists, we follow several generations of women and their daughters as they struggle with financial and emotional vulnerability, independence, and motherhood. When Karolina finds herself a single mother to a young daughter of her own, food becomes th... continue
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The Bear Woman by Karolina Ramqvist EN
Description:
Feminist autofiction from one of Sweden’s blazing talents. “Ramqvist is a serious contender for the Swedish literary limelight.” —Shelf Awareness Blending autofiction and essay, The Bear Woman is a journey of feminism and literary detective work spanning centuries and continents. In the 1540s, a young French noblewoman, Marguerite de la Rocque, was abandoned on an island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with her maidservant and her lover. In present-day Stockholm, an author and mother becomes captivated by the image of Marguerite sheltered in a dark cave after her companions have died. This image... continue
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