Published by Lolli Editions London
Translated from Danish by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 REPUBLIC OF CONSCIOUSNESS PRIZE FOR SMALL PRESSES
WINNER OF THE POLITIKEN LITERATURE PRIZE
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023 IN TIME MAGAZINE, LITHUB, AND THE MILLIONS
From the acclaimed author of The Employees, a radical, funny, and mercilessly honest novel about motherhood
After giving birth, Anna is utterly lost. She and her family move to the unfamiliar, snowy city of Stockholm. Anxiety threatens to completely engulf the new mother, who obsessively devours online news and compulsively buys clothes she can’t afford. To avoid sinking deeper into her depression, Anna forces herself to read and write.
My Work is a novel about the unique and fundamental experience of giving birth, mixing different literary forms – fiction, essay, poetry, memoir, and letters – to explore the relationship between motherhood, work, individuality, and literature.
Publication 1 September 2023
Description 220 × 141 mm, 392 pages, Hardcover
Design Laura Silke
Published by Lolli Editions London
Translated from Danish by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 REPUBLIC OF CONSCIOUSNESS PRIZE FOR SMALL PRESSES
WINNER OF THE POLITIKEN LITERATURE PRIZE
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023 IN TIME MAGAZINE, LITHUB, AND THE MILLIONS
From the acclaimed author of The Employees, a radical, funny, and mercilessly honest novel about motherhood
After giving birth, Anna is utterly lost. She and her family move to the unfamiliar, snowy city of Stockholm. Anxiety threatens to completely engulf the new mother, who obsessively devours online news and compulsively buys clothes she can’t afford. To avoid sinking deeper into her depression, Anna forces herself to read and write.
My Work is a novel about the unique and fundamental experience of giving birth, mixing different literary forms – fiction, essay, poetry, memoir, and letters – to explore the relationship between motherhood, work, individuality, and literature.
Publication 1 September 2023
Description 220 × 141 mm, 392 pages, Hardcover
Design Laura Silke
