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The god of chance / by Kirsten Thorup ; translated from the Danish and with an afterword by Janet Garton.
- Title
- The god of chance / by Kirsten Thorup ; translated from the Danish and with an afterword by Janet Garton.
- Author
- Thorup, Kirsten
- Publication
- London : Norvik Press, 2013.
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- Additional Authors
- Garton, Janet.
- Description
- 294 pages; 20 cm.
- Summary
- Focuses on the relationship between Ana, a high-flying Danish career woman whose work is her life, and the young teenager Mariama. Ana first meets Mariama selling snacks on a beach in Gambia, and the girl gradually becomes a substitute for the family she never had. Ana brings Mariama to Europe to be educated; the girl finds the cultural shock and living with Ana intensely difficult, whilst Ana's obsession with her leads to her own carefully controlled life descending into chaos. The scene moves from colorful depictions of life in a luxury hotel in Africa, cheek by jowl with desperate poverty, to elite designer flats in Copenhagen, and finally the bustling multicultural community on the streets of London.
- Series Statement
- Norvik Press Series B: English translations of Scandanavian literature ; no. 59
- Uniform Title
- Tilfældets gud. English
- Series B (Norvik Press) ; no. 59.
- Alternative Title
- Tilfældets gud.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9781909408036
- 1909408034
- LCCN
- 2013498705
- OCLC
- 858845767
- SCSB-11447074
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library