{"product_id":"my-men-hardcover","title":"My Men - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictoria Kielland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDamion Searls\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This fascinating, off-kilter novel about a female serial killer is an unexpectedly thrilling read.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Karl Ove Knausgård, author of \u003ci\u003eMy Struggle \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Morning Star \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Kielland's dense, lyrical novel offers both insight and opacity . . . Despite the subject matter, this novel is not your typical thriller. The language, in Searls' translation, is dense, poetic, and deeply figurative.\" \u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the true story of Norwegian maid turned Midwestern farmwife Belle Gunness, the first female serial killer in American history. \u003ci\u003eMy Men\u003c\/i\u003e is a fictional account of one broken woman's descent into inescapable madness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong thousands of other Norwegian immigrants seeking freedom, Brynhild St rset emigrated to the American Upper Midwest in the late nineteenth century, changing her name and her life. As Bella, later Belle Gunness, she came in search of not only fortune and true faith but, most of all, love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Victoria Kielland, a rising star of Norwegian literature, comes \u003ci\u003eMy Men\u003c\/i\u003e, a literary reimagining of the harrowing true story of Belle Gunness, who slowly but irreversibly turned to senseless murder for release from her pain, becoming America's first known female serial killer. In pursuit of her American Dream, Kielland's Belle grows increasingly alienated, ruthless, and perversely compelling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaw, visceral, and altogether hypnotic, \u003ci\u003e My Men\u003c\/i\u003e is a brutal yet radically empathetic glimpse into the world of a woman consumed by desire.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictoria Kielland's first book, the 2013 short prose collection \u003ci\u003eI Lyngen (In the Heather)\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Tarjei Vesaas debutant prize. In 2016, Kielland's first novel \u003ci\u003eDammyr (Marsh Pond)\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Youth Critics' Prize and the literary committee of the Norwegian Authors' Union awarded her the Norwegian Booksellers' primary writer's scholarship. \u003ci\u003eMy Men \u003c\/i\u003eis her breakthrough novel, published to rave reviews in Norway in 2021, as well as a huge international success with more foreign sales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.6 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53742368784748,"sku":"9781662601927","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/3019\/6844\/files\/1f3d03257d275b181b352f2d8c0e7f6b.webp?v=1778508429","url":"https:\/\/pattansenterprise.com\/products\/my-men-hardcover","provider":"Pattansenterprise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}