{"product_id":"the-murder-of-halland-paperback","title":"The Murder of Halland - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePia Juul\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartin Aitken\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Halland is found murdered almost right outside his door, his widow, Bess, is of course the prime suspect. She isn't worried about that, though, but about the daughter she abandoned years ago. As the police investigate, the slightly cantankerous Bess instead follows a trail of her own regrets and misapprehensions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAtmospheric and haunted by the uncanny, \u003ci\u003eThe Murder of Halland \u003c\/i\u003eis anything but your typical whodunnit. It won Denmark's most important literary prize, Den Danske Banks Litteraturpris, and its English translation was longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePia Juul \u003c\/b\u003ehas published five books of poetry, two short story collections and two novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Aitken \u003c\/b\u003eis a translator living in rural Denmark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePia Juul: Pia Juul has published five books of poetry, two short story collections and two novels. \u003ci\u003eThe Murder of Halland\u003c\/i\u003e won Denmark's most important literary prize, \u003ci\u003eDen Danske Banks litteraturpris\u003c\/i\u003e. She has translated Ali Smith and Alain de Botton into Danish. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMartin Aitken: Martin Aitken has translated a score of books into English and Danish, including Janne Teller's \u003ci\u003eNothing\u003c\/i\u003e (Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\/Atheneum and Strident Publishing) which received both a Printz Honor and a Batchelder Honor, the most prestigious awards for young adult fiction in the US. In 2012 he was awarded the American-Scandinavian Foundation's Nadia Christensen Translation Prize. His translation of Pia Juul's \u003ci\u003eThe Murder of Halland\u003c\/i\u003e was longlisted for The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012 and for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2014. Recent translations are \u003ci\u003eThe Elephant Keepers' Children\u003c\/i\u003e by Peter Høeg (Harvill \u0026amp; Secker\/Other Press), likewise longlisted for the IMPAC award in 2014, and Dorthe Nors' \u003ci\u003eKarate Chop\u003c\/i\u003e (Graywolf Press\/A Public Space). He has also recently translated three crime thrillers by Nordic noir phenomenon Jussi Adler-Olsen for Penguin (Dutton in the US). Forthcoming work includes novels by Helle Helle (to be published in November 2014 by Harvill Secker) and Kim Leine (2015 by Atlantic Books). Martin Aitken lives in rural Denmark. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7 x 4.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771650179360,"sku":"9781552453148","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d7c7b93cd3367f106caa862deb01ef73.webp?v=1780390309","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-murder-of-halland-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}