Wilful Disregard (Egenmäktigt förfarande: en roman om kärlek)
Winner of the August Prize Swedens most prestigious literary award a novel about a perfectly reasonable womans descent into the delusions of unrequited love Ester Nilsson is a sensible person in a sensible relationship Until the day she is asked to give a lecture on famous artist Hugo Rask The man himself is in the audience intrigued and clearly delighted by her fascination with him When the two meet afterward she is spellbound Esters life is then intrinsically linked to this meeting and the chain of events that unfolds She leaves her boyfriend and throws herself into an imaginary relationship with Hugo She falls deeply in love and he consumes her thoughts Indeed in her own mind shes sure that she and Hugo are a couple Slowly and painfully Ester comes to realize that her perception of the relationship is different from his Shes a woman who prides herself on having a rational and analytical mind but in the face of her overpowering feelings for Hugo she is too clever and too honest for her own good Bitingly funny and darkly fascinating Willful Disregard is a story about total and desperate devotion and how willingly we betray ourselves in the pursuit of love.
Winner of the August Prize Swedens most prestigious literary award a novel about a perfectly reasonable womans descent into the delusions of unrequited love Ester Nilsson is a sensible person in a sensible relationship Until the day she is asked to give a lecture on famous artist Hugo Rask The man himself is in the audience intrigued and clearly delighted by her fascination with him When the two meet afterward she is spellbound Esters life is then intrinsically linked to this meeting and the chain of events that unfolds She leaves her boyfriend and throws herself into an imaginary relationship with Hugo She falls deeply in love and he consumes her thoughts Indeed in her own mind shes sure that she and Hugo are a couple Slowly and painfully Ester comes to realize that her perception of the relationship is different from his Shes a woman who prides herself on having a rational and analytical mind but in the face of her overpowering feelings for Hugo she is too clever and too honest for her own good Bitingly funny and darkly fascinating Willful Disregard is a story about total and desperate devotion and how willingly we betray ourselves in the pursuit of love.
About Author:
Lena Andersson (b. 1970) is a novelist and columnist for Dagens Nyheter, Sweden”s largest morning paper. She lives in Stockholm where she is considered one of the country”s sharpest contemporary analysts. Wilful Disregard is her fifth novel and won Sweden”s prestigious August Prize.
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