Will and Testament by Vigdis Hjorth

Four siblings. Two summer houses. One terrible secret.

When a dispute over her parents' will grows bitter, Bergljot is drawn back into the orbit of the family she fled twenty years before. Her mother and father have decided to leave two island summer houses to her sisters, disinheriting the two eldest siblings from the most meaningful part of the estate. To outsiders, it is a quarrel about property and favouritism.

But Bergljot, who has borne a horrible secret since childhood, understands the gesture as something very different-a final attempt to suppress the truth and a cruel insult to the grievously injured. Will and Testament is a lyrical meditation on trauma and memory, as well as a furious account of a woman's struggle to survive and be believed. Vigdis Hjorth's novel became a controversial literary sensation in Norway and has been translated into twenty languages.

Longlisted for The Millions Best Translated Book Awards for Fiction

Longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature

Series:Verso Fiction
Format:Paperback / softback 336 pages, Paperback with flaps
Publisher:Verso Books
Imprint:Verso Books
ISBN:9781788733106
Published:10 Sep 2019
Classifications:Norway, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction in translation
Weight:266g