Geir Gulliksen

Geir Gulliksen is a writer and publisher. He has written poems, essays, plays, novels and children's books which between them have been nominated for the Norwegian Brage Award, the Ibsen Award and the Nordic Council's Children's and Youth Literature Prize. In 2014 Geir Gulliksen also received the Aschehoug Award for his work. This is the first time his novel can be read in English.

Story of a Marriage, intense, erotic, dramatic, raw – this devastatingly condensed debut novel tells the story of the breakup of a marriage. It explores the dynamics of a long-term relationship, companionship and intimacy, and the distance that grows despite both security and freedom. It is about the possibilities of knowing another human being and of finding – and maintaining – the great love we long for. In Gulliksen's characteristically sparse and finely chiselled language the narrator Jon reflects on the break-down of his marriage and the dismantling of their tightly united family.

Story of a Marriage is a portrait of marriage and manhood that will provoke debate, introspection and passionate responses from readers