The Celebration of Life
4,900 ֏
Additional information
| Dimensions | 13 × 20 cm |
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| ISBN | 978-9939-488-09-7 |
| Cover | Hardcover |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 184 |
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Description
In Nora Ikstena’s novel The Celebration of Life, several human destinies become intertwined by invisible threads, revealing the true value of love, loss, and memory.
Events from the past intrude upon the present, forcing the characters to confront questions they have spent years trying to avoid.
Helena has never had a close relationship with her mother, Eleonora. Yet, fulfilling her mother’s final wish, she invites seven strangers to her funeral. Over the course of the night, each of them shares their memories, with Eleonora at the center of their stories. Their confessions reveal to Helena previously unknown chapters of her mother’s life.
Ikstena delicately interweaves personal stories with the larger movements of history, showing how historical events find their way into the deepest layers of human emotion.
The Celebration of Life is a novel about reconciliation and the will to live, where the most important discoveries take place within oneself.
