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Astrid and Veronika
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Astrid and Veronika Paperback - 2007

by Olsson, Linda

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With extraordinary emotional power, Olsson's stunningly well-crafted debut novel recounts the unusual and unexpected friendship that develops between two women. Set against a haunting Swedish landscape, this is a lyrical and meditative novel of love and loss.

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  • Title Astrid and Veronika
  • Author Olsson, Linda
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
  • Date February 6, 2007
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 3130508-6
  • ISBN 9780143038078 / 0143038079
  • Weight 0.42 lbs (0.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.7 x 5.28 x 0.53 in (19.56 x 13.41 x 1.35 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Demographic Orientation: Small Town
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006050660
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

With extraordinary emotional power, Linda Olsson’s stunningly well-crafted debut novel recounts the unusual and unexpected friendship that develops between two women. Veronika, a young writer from New Zealand, rents a house in a small Swedish village as she tries to come to terms with a recent tragedy while also finishing a novel. Her arrival is silently observed by Astrid, an older, reclusive neighbor who slowly becomes a presence in Veronika’s life, offering comfort in the form of companionship and lovingly prepared home-cooked meals. Set against a haunting Swedish landscape, Astrid & Veronika is a lyrical and meditative novel of love and loss, and a story that will remain with readers long after the characters’ secrets are revealed.

From the publisher

Linda Olsson was born in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2003, she won the Sunday Star-Times Short Story Competition. Linda has lived in Kenya, Singapore, Britain, and Japan before settling in Auckland, New Zealand, where she lives today. Her previous novel, Astrid & Veronika, was published in 2007.

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Media reviews

Not only impossible to put down, but impossible to forget. (Canvas, New Zealand)

Linda Olsson unravels . . . each woman’s story . . . gradually revealing their grief and loss. . . . This a subtle but powerful novel, tender and poignant. (The Dominion Post, New Zealand)

Linda Olsson evokes, with great beauty and precision, the landscape of a friendship between two very different women, each caught in a tragic moment from the past. Their connection, initially as tentative and fragile as the first filaments of ice, gradually strengthens, allowing each woman to give voice to her stories, and in doing so to reclaim “a heart for beauty.” Subtle, penetrating, and beautifully written, Astrid and Veronika affirms the power of narrative to transform. (Kim Edwards)

Beautiful and deeply affecting. A dreamlike evocation of the power of friendship. (Mary McGarry Morris, author of The Lost Mother and Songs in Ordinary Time)

Citations

  • Booklist, 01/01/2007, Page 57
  • Booksense Picks, 03/01/2007, Page 1
  • Kirkus Reviews, 12/15/2006, Page 1240
  • New York Times, 04/01/2007, Page 18
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/22/2007, Page 160

About the author

Linda Olsson was born in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2003, she won the Sunday Star-Times Short Story Competition. Linda has lived in Kenya, Singapore, Britain, and Japan before settling in Auckland, New Zealand, where she lives today. Her previous novel, Astrid & Veronika, was published in 2007.

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