The secret of snow: a novel / Tina Harnesk ; translated from the Swedish by Alice Menzies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harnesk, Tina, Author.

Contributor:

Menzies, Alice, translator.

Standardized Title:

Folk som sår i snö. English http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/0feaaeeb-d974-9e32-9f28-3a6bbcdff9ad

Language:

English

Swedish

Subjects (All):

Sami (European people)--Fiction.

Sami (European people).

Older people--Fiction.

Older people.

Terminally ill--Fiction.

Terminally ill.

Cancer--Patients--Fiction.

Cancer.

Mothers--Death--Fiction.

Mothers.

Interpersonal relations--Fiction.

Interpersonal relations.

Genre:

Domestic fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

292 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Atria Books hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC, 2026.

Language Note:

Translated from the Swedish.

Summary:

"Meet Máriddja: eccentric, 85-years-old, with not much time left to live. When she is diagnosed with cancer, there is only one thing she can think of - how to keep the diagnosis from her husband Biera, and how to find someone who can take care of him once she's gone. She embarks on a series of outrageous actions that eventually require the police, the fire department, and the military to handle. Meet Kaj: a new transplant to the village, recently engaged to Mimmi, and now mourning the death of his mother Laura. One day, when Kaj unexpectedly finds a box of Sami handicrafts belonging to his mother, he unlocks something within himself he never quite anticipated, something that will change his life for years to come. A novel of humor and heartbreak, lyricism and tenderness, Tina Harnesk's debut introduces a cast of loveable, quirky characters grappling with the consequences of loving and losing someone, and the consequences of forgetting and remembering history"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Originally published in Sweden in 2022 by Bokfabriken as Folk som sår i snö"--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9781668028230

1668028239

OCLC:

1559283043

Publisher Number:

90104033381