Bibliograph

In every moment we are still alive, Tom Malmquist ; translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch

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In every moment we are still alive, Tom Malmquist ; translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch

Language

eng

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Literary Form

fiction

Main title

In every moment we are still alive

Responsibility statement

Tom Malmquist ; translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch

Summary

When Tom's heavily pregnant girlfriend Karin is rushed to the hospital, doctors are able to save the baby. But they are helpless to save Karin from what turns out to be acute Leukemia. And in a cruel, fleeting moment Tom gains a daughter but loses his soul-mate. In Every Moment We Are Alive is the story of the year that changes everything, as Tom must reconcile the fury and pain of loss with the overwhelming responsibility of raising his daughter, Livia, alone.By turns tragic and redemptive, meditative and breathless, achingly poignant and darkly funny, this autobiographical novel has been described as 'hypnotic', 'impossible to resist' and 'one of the most powerful books about grief ever written'

Target audience

adult

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