{"product_id":"welcome-to-america-paperback","title":"Welcome to America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLinda Boström Knausgård\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartin Aitken\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A piercing story of a girl who responds to trauma by mustering the most powerful weapon available to her: silence. (...) melodic, mythological, transformative, a testament to literature's powers...\" Vanity Fair \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ellen has stopped talking. She thinks she may have killed her dad. Her brother's barricaded himself in his room. Their mother, a successful actress, carries on as normal. We're a family of light  she insists. But darkness seeps in everywhere and in their separate worlds each of them longs for togetherness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA family on the brink of silence Ellen has stopped talking. She thinks she may have killed her dad. Her brother's barricaded himself in his room. Their mother, a successful actress, carries on as normal. We're a family of light! she insists. But darkness seeps in everywhere and in their separate worlds each of them longs for togetherness. Welcome to America is an exquisite portrait of a sensitive, strong-willed child and a young mind in the throes of trauma, a family on the brink of implosion, and the love that threatens to tear them apart. 'Linda Boström Knausgård's story of a family in crisis is shocking and imaginative. Everything is written in beautiful and sparse prose which suggests that, after all, from darkness comes light.' JURY, AUGUST PRIZE 'Gentle, sensitive, minimal, concise, and very subtle' SPIEGEL 'Outstanding psychological chamber play' POLITIKEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLINDA BOSTRÖM KNAUSGÅRD is a Swedish author and poet, as well as a producer of documentaries for national radio. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Helios Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e, was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature in the United States. \u003ci\u003eWelcome to America\u003c\/i\u003e, her second novel, was nominated for the prestigious Swedish August Prize and the Svenska Dagbladet Literary Prize in her home country, and was also longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award and the National Translation Award in the United States. \u003ci\u003eOctober Child\u003c\/i\u003e became a bestseller in Sweden and throughout Scandinavia, where it was published to great critical acclaim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770389954848,"sku":"9781642860412","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b73c36345deab884d8a079b3b81891e4.webp?v=1780370747","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/welcome-to-america-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}