Wilful Disregard

Ester Nilsson writes poetry and essays and lives a reasonable life with a reasonable partner, until a harmless invitation reorganises everything: she is asked to lecture on the artist Hugo Rask. Rask himself is in the audience, enthralled, and they meet once the talk is over. A sort of love affair follows, cruel in its plainness and immense in her devotion. The novel examines how far we will fool ourselves for the sake of being loved, how tempting it is to take advantage of someone else's weakness, and how harsh the consequences can be. It follows, in close detail and with both comedy and pain, what it is like to be caught in a storm of passion one cannot fully share, and the power and obsession that come with it.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

205 pages in the original

Genres

Love (assigned by AI)

Set in

Sweden

First published

2013 by Natur & Kultur

Author's age

43 when first published

ISBN

9789127136991 (original)

9781447268918 (Picador, United Kingdom)

9781447268932 (Picador, United Kingdom)

9781590517611 (Other Press, United States)

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