{"product_id":"9780995485235-zero","title":"Zero","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGine Cornelia Pedersen debuted with this explosive work which was compared, in its home country of Norway, with a 'punk rock single'. The unique lyrical style and frank description of life with mental health problems have come together to create one of the most exciting novels from Scandinavia in recent years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI tell her I’ve stopped taking my pills\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI write that I’m still not well, that it’s making day-to-day life difficult\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat I often do things I regret, and that there’s some sort of membrane between what I want to do and whatever I end up doing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat I really want to be an actor, but that it’s a dream that seems all too distant for the time being\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI tell her I use and abuse alcohol and drugs, and that I’ve got a death wish that sometimes becomes difficult to ignore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat I don’t know who I am\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat I change my mind as frequently as I change my socks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat I’m horrible to the people around me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat my sex life is depraved\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGine Cornelia Pedersen\u003c\/b\u003e’s début novel won the prestigious Tarjei Vesaas First Book Award in its native Norway upon publication and went on to\u003cbr\u003egarner numerous glowing reviews, with major broadsheet Aftenposten declaring ‘Sometimes, as a reviewer, one forgets a work’s failings and\u003cbr\u003e mistakes and becomes completely absorbed by an insistent narrative voice. That’s the case with Gine Cornelia Pedersen’s début, a firework out of control: sparks fly all over the place and the rocket could strike anywhere – and does…’ \u003cbr\u003e Elsewhere described by the Norwegian press as ‘like listening to a punk-rock single’, \u003ci\u003eZero\u003c\/i\u003e finds its young, female protagonist constantly torn\u003cbr\u003ebetween hope and despair, rage and confusion, as she tries to find her place in and, eventually, far outwith, society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451450372470,"sku":"9780995485235","price":8.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27929462.jpg?v=1760462591","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780995485235-zero","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}