ARGONAUT BOOKS

A year has passed since the premature death of the narrator's husband. She falls in love again. M is seventeen years younger than her, but the connection between them is intense. Then, as his vulnerability starts showing, so does his troubling rage. In this novel, Hanne Ørstavik returns to her theme of love, asking: How do you recognise love? Reviews 'Soul-searching on speed. Ørstavik writes with such distressing courage that as a reader, you become sweaty-palmed. Stay with Me is Hanne Ørstavik at her very best; so intense and profound that the unease becomes contagious . . ...Read More