Summary
Short Stories earned Sean Hughes the Leifand lnger Sjöberg Translation Prize for 2009. What initially appear to be simple stories reveal themselves upon closer reading to be works of great emotional depth, complexity and accuracy - not to mention humor. [...] in these quiet stories lie also moments of great drama: catastrophe on a ferry, the blossoming and withering of love, traffic accidents and revelations about cheating husbands. Some of the litde kids started screaming, people came running, the school librarian unbuttoned his jacket and pants. Sean Hughes has bachelor's degrees in biochemistry, Danish anil neurobiology from the University of Washington.
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Three Excerpts From Cars and Animals
Translation of stories from the authors Cars and Animals: Short Stories earned Sean Hughes the Leifand lnger Sjöberg Translation Prize for 2009.
HELLE HELLE (née Helle Olsen in 1965) is one of the most widely read and critically praised contemporary Danish writers. She is the author of four novels, a collection of short prose, two short-story collections and a children's book, none of which have been published in English. Cars and Animals \s from 2000. She has won a number of prestigious awards, most recently the P.O. Enquist Literary Prize for 2009. Her inininialist, realistic fiction is noted for its extremely precise language; every word counts. What initially appear to be simple stories reveal themselves upon closer reading to be works of great emotional depth, complexity and accuracy - not to mention humor. Much of the meaning come...See the full content of this document
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