Thursday, October 26, 2017

In Every Moment We Are Still Alive

I read In Every Moment We Are Still Alive by Tom Malmquist which is written and set in Sweden. The story is about a young woman, Karin, who has a difficult birth because of illness.  (A semi-autobiographical story).  Her partner, Tom, is with Karin all through this ordeal.  The story also goes back to the time of their early relationship and the relationships they have with their families.  As they were not married, there are "complications". The writing style for much of the book was quite unusual.  The text goes for many pages at a time with little punctuation, particularly with dialogue.  I got used to it after a while but was relieved that the chapters from the past had "normal" grammatical rules.  Still, an interesting way to write.  31/2/5

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