Shame is a compelling and ambitious tale of suffering and redemption. It is the story of Idun, a woman no less intelligent than her successful twin sister, Kathrine, but a succession of traumatic childhood experiences condemn her to a life spent mostly in a mental hospital (at her sister's instigation). There she begins to write of the trials of her own life as well as those of Norway itself: her experiences fuse with the German occupation of her country, the shame of collaboration, and the moral and spiritual upheavals of a nation-and of a sister-betrayed. The novel is luminous, written with the finest psychological insight and a streak of devastating black comedy.
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Harvill, England
Meulenhof, Netherland
Bonnier Alba, Swenden
Munksgaard, Denmark
Atena, Latvia
Alianza, Spain
Gaïa, France
