{"product_id":"this-should-be-written-in-the-present-tense-paperback","title":"This Should Be Written in the Present Tense - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelle Helle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartin Aitken\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCapturing what it feels like to be twenty-something and already disappearing, not with a bang, but with a slow exhale, \u003ci\u003eThis Should Be Written in the Present Tense\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the particular paralysis of a young woman who can see her life clearly and still cannot move\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDorte is twenty-something, living in a suburb she didn't choose, with a man she may not love, doing work that means nothing to her. On the surface, everything is fine. Beneath it, something is slipping away, slowly, quietly, like a life half-lived. She remembers her ex, Per--the first boyfriend she tells us about, and the first she leaves--as she enters a new world of transient relationships, random sexual experiences, and awkward attempts to write. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Should Be Written in the Present Tense\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of extraordinary restraint and startling emotional power. In Helle Helle's hands, the smallest moments--a cup of coffee, a walk to the shop, a conversation that trails off--carry the weight of a whole reckoning. She dropped out. Moved away. Settled. But settling, it turns out, is its own kind of slow collapse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers of Tove Ditlevsen and Jenny Offill, this is Scandinavian literary fiction at its most quietly devastating, proof that you don't need drama to break a reader's heart.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelle Helle\u003c\/b\u003e published her first book in 1993. Since then, her work has garnered overwhelming critical and popular acclaim. Recently awarded the Golden Laurel literary prize, Helle Helle is the recipient of countless literary accolades, among them the Danish Critics' Prize, the Danish Academy's Beatrice Prize, the P.O. Enquist Award and the prestigious Lifetime Award of the Danish Arts Council. Her novels and short stories have been translated into fifteen languages. She lives in Denmark. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Aitken\u003c\/b\u003e is the acclaimed translator of numerous novels from Danish, including works by Peter Høeg, Jussi Adler-Olsen and Pia Juul, and his translations of short stories and poetry have appeared in many literary journals and magazines. In 2012 he was awarded the American-Scandinavian Foundation's Nadia Christensen Translation Prize.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43622836666457,"sku":"9781593766337","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/2iFYhg7Zzt9781593766337.webp?v=1783832045","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/products\/this-should-be-written-in-the-present-tense-paperback","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}