When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back: Carl’s Book
Naja Marie Aidt's account of losing her son Carl in 2015, translated from Danish by Denise Newman and published by Coffee House Press in 2021.
Naja Marie Aidt is a Danish-language poet and writer born in 1963. Dorthe Nors says this book grew out of the loss of Aidt’s son Carl in 2015, a time when Aidt thought she might never write again. Nors calls it heartbreaking, beautiful and unforgettable. Denise Newman translated it, and Coffee House Press published the English edition in 2021. Open Library lists it at 152 pages.
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Dorthe Nors
It's heartbreaking in its description of horror, trauma and loss, but it's also beautiful, courageous, poetic, and unforgettable.
Interview · May 2017
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