The Parable Book

by Per Olov Enquist

"The love that dare not speak its name . . ."

Sweden, 1949. A boy of 15, cutting across a garden, chances upon a woman of 51. What ensues is cataclysmic, life-altering. All the more because it cannot be spoken of. Can it never be spoken of?

Looking back in late old age at an encounter that transformed him suddenly yet utterly, P.O. Enquist, a titan of Swedish letters, has decided to "come out" - but in ways entirely novel and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857059912
• ISBN13: 9780857059918
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.7"