Unformed Landscape A Novel 5th Edition Peter Stamm Michael Hoffman Translation by Peter Stamm, Michael Hoffman (translation) 9781590514085, 1590514084 instant download after payment.

Here, a sensitive young woman like Kathrine finds few outlets for her desires. Half Norwegian, half Sami (an indigenous people), Kathrine works for the customs office inspecting the fishing boats arriving regularly in the harbor. She is in her late 20s, has a son from an early marriage, & has drifted into a second loveless marriage to a man whose cold & dominating conventionality forms a bold stroke through the unformed landscape of her life. 

After she makes a discovery about her husband that deeply wounds her, Kathrine cuts loose from her moorings & her confusion & sets off in search of herself. Her journey begins aboard a ship headed south, taking her below the Arctic Circle for the first time in her life. Kathrine makes her way to France & has the bittersweet experience of a love affair that flares & dies quickly, her starved senses rewarded by the shimmering beauty of Paris. Through a series of poignant encounters, Kathrine is led to the richer life she was meant to have & is brave enough to claim. 

Using simple words strung together in a melodic alphabet, Peter Stamm introduces us, through a series of intimate sketches, to the heart of an unforgettable woman. Her story speaks eloquently about solitude, the fragility of love, lost illusions, & self-discovery. 

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Peter Stamm is the author of the novels The Sweet Indifference of the World, To the Back of Beyond, All Days Are Night, Seven Years, On a Day Like This, Unformed Landscape, and Agnes, & the short-story collections We’re Flying & In Strange Gardens & Other Stories.