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Jens Christian Grøndahl

Biography

Jens Christian Grøndahl

Jens Christian Grøndahl was born in 1959. His work has been translated into more than 25 languages, and he has received numerous literary prizes in Denmark and abroad. In France, he was made Chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contribution to French culture. His novels SILENCE IN OCTOBER, LUCCA, AN ALTERED LIGHT and VIRGINIA have also been translated into English. He lives in Copenhagen with his wife and two daughters.

Jens Christian Grøndahl

Books by Jens Christian Grøndahl

by Jens Christian Grøndahl - Fiction

Ellinor is 70. Her husband Georg has just passed away, and she is struck with the need to confide in someone. She addresses Anna, her long-dead best friend, who was also Georg's first wife. Fully aware of the absurdity of speaking to someone who cannot hear her, Ellinor nevertheless finds it meaningful to divulge long-held secrets and burdens of her past --- her mother's heartbreaking pride; Ellinor's courtship with her first husband; their seemingly charmed friendship with Anna and Georg; and the disastrous ski trip that shattered the two couples' lives.