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The Silence of Falling Snow

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Availability:In StockContributor:Kristjana GunnarsPublish date:9/30/2025Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Coach House BooksISBN-13:9781552455081ISBN-10:1552455084UPC:9781552455081Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Marriage & Long Term RelationshipsSize:8.40 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC31N5TZQ3

The Silence of Falling Snow

From an innovator of autofiction comes a meditation on grief, care, Buddhism, and artmaking.

'This is a story. It is a story about someone accompanying another to the last gate.'

Years ago, Kristjana Gunnars took her husband back to his home in Oslo to die. Through the dark, cold days, she tends to his needs as she feels her own self disintegrating. Later, as she looks back to this slow departure...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Coach House BooksISBN-13:9781552455081ISBN-10:1552455084UPC:9781552455081Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Marriage & Long Term RelationshipsSize:8.40 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC31N5TZQ3

Kristjana Gunnars was born in Iceland and has lived in Canada since 1969. She served as Professor of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta, and as Guest Professor at the University of Trier in Germany and the University of Iceland. She lived on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia for twenty years while pursuing a career in the arts (painting), as well as writing. She is the...
Publisher: Coach House Books

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