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Love, a Nervous Wreck. No Dancing at Coalfishrock (2014)

Love, a Nervous Wreck. No Dancing at Coalfishrock (2014)

Elisabet Jokulsdottir
2014
87 pages
Poetry

The poetry collection tells the story of a violence and love in a relationship. The book is divided into three sections. The first tells of courting, the second of cohabitation and the third of separation, which together tell a powerful and gripping story.

English and Swedish translations available

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„... an unusual collection of poems, free of self-pity and accusations – a straightforward description of a relationship which undoubtedly shoud never have occurred. ... The poet uniquely merges humour and agony, telling her story with such sincerity that it will long be remembered by the reader. All that remain are the deeply personal answers to our questions about love in abusive relationships.“ NORDEN.ORG

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