My Work
Olga Ravn
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From the publisher
Translated from Danish by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023 IN TIME MAGAZINE , LITHUB, AND THE MILLIONS
WINNER OF THE POLITIKEN LITERATURE PRIZE
From the acclaimed author of The Employees, a radical, funny, and mercilessly honest novel about motherhood
After giving birth, Anna is utterly lost. She and her family move to the unfamiliar, snowy city of Stockholm. Anxiety threatens to completely engulf the new mother, who obsessively devours online news and compulsively buys clothes she can’t afford. To avoid sinking deeper into her depression, Anna forces herself to read and write.
My Work is a novel about the unique and fundamental experience of giving birth, mixing different literary forms – fiction, essay, poetry, memoir, and letters – to explore the relationship between motherhood, work, individuality, and literature.