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Stella Descending

Stella Descending

by Linn Ullmann (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

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Synopsis

On a warm night in Oslo, Martin draws Stella into one of the risky games that have defined their ten years together: a balancing act on the edge of their rooftop, seven storeys up. Amid the shouts of horrified onlookers, Stella stumbles, falling for a moment into Martin's arms before plummeting to her death. Did he try to save her? This is the question that begins Linn Ullmann's transfixing tale of Stella: a jealous wife, compliant mistress, treasured friend, angelic nurse, unloved daughter, devoted mother, and - finally - a woman possessed of a secret now forever lost to the living.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Edition: Main Market
 Publisher: Picador
Published: 07 Jan 2005
ISBN 10: 0330411632
ISBN 13: 9780330411639

Media Reviews
Exquisitely written. . . . As hallucinatory as August heat. - The Washington Post [Ullman]'s gift is for weaving the banal details of love, career and family with the mystic world of dreams and ghosts into one seamless fabric . . . The hypnotic allure of the story adds to the reader's eagerness to return to Stella and share the enigma of her final flight. - The New York Times Book Review Weird and wonderful . . .Ullmann has effortlessly established a distinct literary voice. - Elle Magical in its imagery . . . Extraordinary. - The Boston Globe Surrealistic . . . in the original 1920s sense: as a work of art that blurs the borders between mundane reality and the reality of fantasies and dreams. . . Where Ullmann differs is in her humor . . . her snappy prose and cheeky attitude. - Los Angeles Times Book Review Exquisite. . . . The atmosphere and taut pacing make this an icily swift read, one whose chill lingers longer than a Scandinavian winter. - Entertainment Weekly Ullmann has a knack for uncovering rich, off-beat details that lend this disturbing story a breath of black humor. - The Miami Herald Quirky . . . compelling. . . . the lyrical introspections of Ullmann's characters make us feel that our failures don't really matter; what counts is that we keep on trying. - St. Petersburg Times Haunting, elegiac . . . deft and light enough to work, creating just the right atmosphere of foreboding and regret. -- Kirkus Reviews Wonderfully strange . . . . Ullmann pairs her native Scandinavian starkness with playful prose . . . to peculiar, pleasing effect. . . . Once one enters Ullmann's hypnotic world, the reward is anemotionally rich and layered story about the elusiveness of truth. -- Publishers Weekly
Author Bio
Linn Ullmann is a graduate of New York University, where she studied English literature and began work on a Ph.D. She returned to her native Oslo in 1990 to pursue a career in journalism. A prominent literary critic, she also writes a column for Norway's leading morning newspaper. She lives in Oslo with her husband and their children