Magma

Magma

EnglishPaperback / softback
Hjörleifsdóttir, Thora
Pan Macmillan
EAN: 9781529045550
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Twenty-year-old Lilja is in love. He is older and beautiful, a Derrida-quoting intellectual. He is also a serial cheater, gaslighter and narcissist.

Lilja will do anything to hold on to him. And so she accepts his deceptions and endures his sexual desires. She rationalizes his toxic behaviour and permits him to cross all her boundaries.

In her desperation to be the perfect lover, she finds herself unable to break free from the toxic cycle. And then an unexpected ultimatum: an all-consuming love, or the promise of a life reclaimed. Thora Hjoerleifsdottir explores the darkest corners of relationships, capturing an ugly, hidden nature of love.

In an era of growing pornification, she deftly illustrates the failings of our culture in recognizing symptoms of cruelty. In visceral, poetic prose, translated from Icelandic by Meg Matich, Magma depicts the unspooling of a tender-hearted young woman aching to love and be loved.

EAN 9781529045550
ISBN 152904555X
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Publication date June 9, 2022
Pages 208
Language English
Dimensions 197 x 130 x 13
Country United Kingdom
Readership General
Authors Hjörleifsdóttir, Thora
Translators Matich, Meg