{"product_id":"repetition-a-novel","title":"Repetition: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne dark November evening in Norway, a novelist in her sixties attends the opera and finds herself seated beside a teenage girl. A fleeting moment of tension between the girl and her parents awakens memories of her own sixteenth year, a time marked by first love, first intoxication, and the uneasy transition from childhood to adulthood. As she reflects on that formative period, she revisits a family bound together by silence, an anxious mother, a distant father, and a decision that would quietly shape all of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpare, elegant, and emotionally resonant, \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Innocence\u003c\/em\u003e is a luminous meditation on memory, family, and the hidden sacrifices that echo across generations. With remarkable psychological precision, Vigdis Hjorth explores adolescence, parental expectations, and the enduring power of the past to illuminate the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVigdis Hjorth is one of Norway's most celebrated contemporary novelists, internationally acclaimed for her psychologically incisive fiction exploring memory, family, identity, and truth. Her novels, including \u003cem\u003eWill and Testament\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIs Mother Dead\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLong Live the Post Horn!\u003c\/em\u003e, have been translated into more than thirty languages. \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Innocence\u003c\/em\u003e is translated from the Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVerso Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeptember 9, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e184\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Fiction · Translated Fiction · Norwegian Literature · Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9781804298947\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45188965990582,"sku":"9781804298947","price":26.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9781804298947.jpg?v=1781624862","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/repetition-a-novel","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}