{"product_id":"a-difficult-death-9780300218930","title":"A Difficult Death","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully writtenand incisive, this is the first English biography of a major Scandinavian author who is ripe for rediscovery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Morten Hoi Jensen’s sensitive, wide-ranging study aims at providing readers today with. . . a chance to look beyond the early, painful, meaningless death that stole so much of Jacobsen’s energy and time to the achingly beautiful works he created.”—Julie K. Allen,\u003ci\u003e TLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2017 J. P. Jacobsen Award from the Limfjord Region’s Literary Society in Thisted\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Morten Høi Jensen…brilliantly restores Jens Peter Jacobsen to a place in modern world fiction that should never have been vacated. This is one of the most elegant and incisive critical biographies I’ve read.”—James Wood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Before I read Morten Høi Jensen's \u003ci\u003eA Difficult Death\u003c\/i\u003e, Jens Peter Jacobsen was just a name I vaguely recalled from Rilke. But now he's become, among other things, an intellectual hero. This book beautifully conjures the person, skillfully creates the world, and thoroughly explains the work -- it's as exemplary as literary biographies get. I've long regarded Jensen as one of the best young critics writing today, and \u003ci\u003eA Difficult Death\u003c\/i\u003e proves it.\"—Tom Bissell, author of \u003ci\u003eApostle: Travels Among the Tombs of the Twelve.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“J.P. Jacobsen’s work was ground-breaking, influential, and of rare perfection. Jensen’s is a deeply sympathetic and intellectually informed presentation of Jacobsen’s tragically short life, enigmatic personality and imaginatively challenging writings.  This limpid and incisive book is commendably thoughtful.”—Paul Binding, author of \u003ci\u003eHans Christian Andersen: European Witness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Offering a wonderful sense of intimacy with the life and works of Jens Peter Jacobsen, this book also wrestles with the difficult giants in the wings: Rilke, Strindberg, Ibsen and the brothers Brandes. A beguiling view of a rich literary landscape.”—Mikka Haugaard, translator of \u003ci\u003eMarie Grubbe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jens Peter Jacobsen will be a marvelous discovery for many readers. Jensen introduces his life struggles and literary achievements with empathy, precision and an infectious awareness of why Jacobsen’s agon with faith and faithlessness remains timely.”—George Prochnik, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Impossible Exile: Stefan Zweig at the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864338477399,"sku":"9780300218930","price":26.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780300218930.jpg?v=1722271486","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-difficult-death-9780300218930","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}