Egenmäktigt förfarande / Utan personligt ansvar

Ester Nilsson #1-2

by Lena Andersson

Egenmäktigt förfarande och Utan personligt ansvar är de två fristående berättelserna om poeten och essäisten Ester Nilsson som dissekerar kärlekens tidlösa villkor. Första boken är en närstudie i makt och besatthet då Ester faller för den undflyende konstnären Hugo Rask. Andra boken handlar om att vara tre i en relation då Ester blir förälskad i den gifte skådespelaren Olof Sten

Genres: Fiction

Paperback

First published August 20, 2013

About the author

Lena Andersson (born 18 April 1970 in Stockholm) is a Swedish author and journalist. She won the August Prize in 2013 for the novel Wilful Disregard . In the same year, the same book, won her the Literature Prize given by the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.

Reviews

[Oskar Dahlbom · Rating 4 out of 5]

Det är ord som ser ut som text men som bryts mot Lena Anderssons prisma och landar som miljontals sprakande färger på mina synapser. Jag har läst med mitt medvetande, inte mina ögon. Jag har lärt mig allt, eller var det inget, om kärlek och längtan.

[Lisa Fransson · Rating 2 out of 5]

It is possible that I struggled with these two books in one, because they are too well-written. What I mean is that the cringe-worthy logic behind Ester's suffering in unrequited love is all too recognisable from my own experience. Although not to this extreme, I've certainly been in that situation and it's painful to remember one's own stupidity, no less to read 600 pages on the subject. So, to summarise, these novels are cleverly written using beautiful language, and for anyone who enjoys a bit of philosophy it's fun to see how Ester twists and turns theories until they are the shape she needs them to be, but I didn't exactly enjoy the novels as novels if that makes sense. Experimental fiction is certainly my thing, but these were perhaps a bit long-winded.

[Mia · Rating 4 out of 5]

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