Born in 1966, Linn Ullmann is a graduate of New York University, where she studied English literature and began her graduate studies before returning to Oslo in 1990 to pursue a career in journalism. She had established herself as a prominent literary critic when her first novel, Before You Sleep, was published in 1998 and became a critically acclaimed best-seller throughout Europe. She writes a column for Norway's leading newspaper and lives in Oslo with her husband, son, two stepchildren, and a dog.
“Exquisitely written. . . . As hallucinatory as August heat.” –The
Washington Post
[Ullman]’s gift is for weaving the banal details of love, career
and family with the mystic world of dreams and ghosts into one
seamless fabric . . . The hypnotic allure of the story adds to the
reader’s eagerness to return to Stella and share the enigma of her
final flight.” –The New York Times Book Review
“Weird and wonderful . . .Ullmann has effortlessly established a
distinct literary voice.” –Elle
“Magical in its imagery . . . Extraordinary.” –The Boston Globe
“Surrealistic . . . in the original 1920s sense: as a work of art
that blurs the borders between mundane reality and the reality of
fantasies and dreams. . . Where Ullmann differs is in her humor . .
. her snappy prose and cheeky attitude.” –Los Angeles Times Book
Review
“Exquisite. . . . The atmosphere and taut pacing make this an icily
swift read, one whose chill lingers longer than a Scandinavian
winter.” –Entertainment Weekly
“Ullmann has a knack for uncovering rich, off-beat details that
lend this disturbing story a breath of black humor.” –The Miami
Herald
“Quirky . . . compelling. . . . the lyrical introspections of
Ullmann’s characters make us feel that our failures don’t really
matter; what counts is that we keep on trying.” –St. Petersburg
Times
“Haunting, elegiac . . . deft and light enough to work, creating
just the right atmosphere of foreboding and regret.” —Kirkus
Reviews
“Wonderfully strange . . . . Ullmann pairs her native Scandinavian
starkness with playful prose . . . to peculiar, pleasing effect. .
. . Once one enters Ullmann’s hypnotic world, the reward is an
emotionally rich and layered story about the elusiveness of truth.”
—Publishers Weekly
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