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Nothing Grows by Moonlight

Torborg Nedreaas

SOCIETY & SOCIAL SCIENCES
18
Coup de coeur
Coup de coeur (Literature), by Celia
First published in 1947, this Norwegian classic set over one night is beautiful and haunting. When a man meets a lonely stranger at the station, she follows him home and, through a night of wine and cigarettes, she recounts the devastating story of the love affair that consumed and destroyed her.

'It’s fantastic, it’s incredible' Pedro Almodóvar


A hauntingly beautiful, unforgettable Norwegian classic, ripe for discovery

In the blue dusk of a spring evening, a man is drawn to a lonely, beautiful stranger across a station platform. She follows him home, and over one heady night of wine and cigarettes, recounts to him the devastating story of her life . . .

First published in 1947, Nothing Grows by Moonlight tells the haunting tale of one woman’s soul-shattering love affair. When an obsessive passion for her high school teacher consumes a small-town seventeen-year-old, her life spirals out of control, giving way to pregnancy, poverty and alienation. Here, darkness and light converge, and unrequited love blooms against the shadows of societal injustices, as she fights for autonomy: over her life, her mind and her body.

Captivating, visceral and brimming with emotion, Nothing Grows by Moonlight is a feminist classic of Scandinavian literature, and an uncompromising ode to female desire.

Translated by Bibbi Lee
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Binding: Paperback
Publication date: 06 Mar 2025
Dimensions: 3 x 136 x 16 mm
ISBN: 9780241729663