BANNISTER
by Kirsten Hammann
BANNISTER PLUNGES YOU into a surrealist nightmare where a woman is thrown into the arms of a demonic man—and clings to him for survival.
WHEN RAMONA LOSES her land and her husband, she lands in Bannister’s world. He offers her a fresh start: a home, clothes, work, even a lover. But generosity can be its own kind of trap. Haunted by the ghost of the love she lost, Ramona struggles to find peace in a life that should feel like salvation. In this violent, dreamlike world, every gift comes with a price, and every new beginning demands a piece of your soul.
SLOWLY, PAINFULLY, RAMONA begins to pick up the pieces. But the question remains: what kind of life can be built from fragments?
ABOUT THE BOOK
First published by Gyldendal, 1997
RIGHTS SOLD
Denmark (Gyldendal)
France (Presses Universitaires de Caen)
Norway (Gyldendal Norsk)
REVIEWS
First and foremost an unforgettable state of rampant wildness, of raw, emotionally charged intelligence and painful longing.
– Berlingske, Denmark
In her own, completely offbeat and wildly imaginative way, Kirsten Hammann captures it all … masterfully.
– Politiken, Denmark
In Bannister, Kirsten Hammann strikes both the head and the heart with her fundamental trust in a labyrinthine movement in language and life, toward which the novel writes its way forward and back with convincing certainty.
– Information, Denmark
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