{"product_id":"nataljas-stories-1","title":"Natalja's Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKnown primarily for her poetry, Inger Christensen (1935-2009) remains one of Denmark's most distinguished and original authors. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNatalja's Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, modeled after Boccaccio's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, takes an usual approach to the theme of migration by focusing on the shifting ground of meaning itself. It is a tale told to the narrator by her grandmother-about her mother, \"abducted\" by a Russian from Copenhagen: taken to Russia, she tries to flee the Revolution; she dies and her ashes are carried back to Denmark.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut the story is told and retold in marvelous ways, digressing playfully (often hilariously), and involving murders and absurd characters, with wonderful repeating motifs and passages. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNatalja's Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e springs surprise after surprise, and as one Danish critic put it: \"instead of a conventional heartbreaking story of loss and disaster, the book appears as a tantalizing account of a character seizing the moment, leaving the past behind, and becoming someone else-offering, in fact, a deconstruction of the usual take on migrant fate as a tragic narrative.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Paperback \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublished:  USA, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: New Directions\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePages: 89\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLanguage: English  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN: 9780811239462\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Inger Christensen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57401970000203,"sku":null,"price":14.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8755\/1819\/files\/Screenshot2026-05-21at19.21.30.png?v=1779384156","url":"https:\/\/desirelinesbookstore.com\/products\/nataljas-stories-1","provider":"desirelines books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}