To Mervas

By Elisabeth Rynell

Shortlisted for Sweden's prestigious August Strindberg Prize, Rynell's To Mervas is a vivid exploration of both the internal and the external wilderness. Marta, a middle-aged woman who has withdrawn almost completely into herself after the loss of her disabled son, is jolted back into the world when she receives a short letter from her former lover, Kosti. The letter prompts her to set off for Mervas, a ghost town deep in the north of Sweden, with no notion of what might await her there...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0981987370
• ISBN13: 9780981987378
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Archipelago Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 6.9"