A change of time
Jessen, Ida (1964-)
A change of time / Ida Jessen ; translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken. - First Archipelago Books edition. - Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books Edition , c2019 - 240 pages ; 17 cm
Set in rural Denmark in the early 20th century, A Change of Time tells the story of a schoolteacher whose husband, the town doctor, has passed away. Her subsequent diary entries form an intimate portrait of a woman rebuilding her identity, and a small rural town whose path to modernity echoes her own path to joyful independence.
English translated from the Danish
9781939810175 (pbk.)
Women teachers----Fiction
Widows----Fiction
Loss (Psychology)----Fiction
Self-actualization (Psychology)----Fiction
Small cities--Fiction
Diary fiction
PT8176.2.E7977 / N913 2019
FIC JES
A change of time / Ida Jessen ; translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken. - First Archipelago Books edition. - Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books Edition , c2019 - 240 pages ; 17 cm
Set in rural Denmark in the early 20th century, A Change of Time tells the story of a schoolteacher whose husband, the town doctor, has passed away. Her subsequent diary entries form an intimate portrait of a woman rebuilding her identity, and a small rural town whose path to modernity echoes her own path to joyful independence.
English translated from the Danish
9781939810175 (pbk.)
Women teachers----Fiction
Widows----Fiction
Loss (Psychology)----Fiction
Self-actualization (Psychology)----Fiction
Small cities--Fiction
Diary fiction
PT8176.2.E7977 / N913 2019
FIC JES