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August 7

August 7

General Fiction

(norway) Brett Bilton

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1. "Not everyone can reconcile with the past." "August Seventh" attempts to deal with the difficulty of reconciliation between people and the painful past from a literary perspective. How much do those friends who advise you to look forward understand you? 2. A solid writing about "pain", dedicated to everyone who has ever been isolated and helpless in a black hole! Sadness cannot always be shared with others for a long time. Even in the most intimate embrace, we can only move forward alone in the end. Go deep into a couple's life for a week, revealing the scars of life from the most minute daily details. 3. Highly praised by the media and readers, this work was shortlisted for the 2018 Dublin Literary Award! More than eight years ago, not long after entering her second marriage, Sophie lost her daughter in her prime. Sophie, who has entered middle age, has to pick up the pieces of her life with her husband Otto. The novel describes a week in the lives of Sophie and Otto, starting when Sophie is bitten on the arm by an insect. The wound became infected a little bit every day, but she allowed it to spread, as if the physical pain and annoyance increased, and life would become easier. Outside the window is a storm, the kitchen is in chaos, and the marriage is in turmoil. Maybe sadness, like love, is addictive.