{"product_id":"willful-disregard-a-novel-about-love-9781590517611","title":"Willful Disregard: A Novel about Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI never thought a book about anxious Swedish intellectuals engaged in a philosophical back and forth would grip me like an airport read, but here we are. Jenni recommended this book as 'perfect, just read it' and she was right. From the very first page I was deep in the headspace of our protagonist, Esther, a woman willing to destroy her life for a man who barely acknowledges her. This slim volume explores the power dynamic cultural capital and fame bring to a relationship, and the lengths we're willing to go to in order to imagine we're getting what we want. Jenni said: 'I want to give this to every person I know who is in a one sided relationship. This will snap them right out of it.' --Lena Dunham\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ester Nilsson is a sensible person in a sensible relationship. Until the day she is asked to give a lecture on famous artist Hugo Rask. The man himself is in the audience, intrigued and clearly delighted by her fascination with him. When the two meet afterward, she is spellbound. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEster's life is then intrinsically linked to this meeting and the chain of events that unfolds. She leaves her boyfriend and throws herself into an imaginary relationship with Hugo. She falls deeply in love, and he consumes her thoughts. Indeed, in her own mind she's sure that she and Hugo are a couple.\u003cbr\u003e Slowly and painfully Ester comes to realize that her perception of the relationship is different from his. She's a woman who prides herself on having a rational and analytical mind, but in the face of her overpowering feelings for Hugo, she is too clever and too honest for her own good. Bitingly funny and darkly fascinating, \u003ci\u003eWillful Disregard\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about total and desperate devotion, and how willingly we betray ourselves in the pursuit of love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3466764\"\u003eLena Andersson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590517611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 159051761X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC025000\"\u003ePsychological\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLena Andersson\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist and a columnist for \u003ci\u003eDagens Nyheter\u003c\/i\u003e, Sweden's largest morning paper. Considered one of the country's sharpest contemporary analysts, she writes about politics, society, culture, religion, and other topics. \u003ci\u003eWillful Disregard\u003c\/i\u003e is her fifth novel and winner of the 2014 August Prize, Sweden's highest literary honor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSarah Death\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator, literary scholar, and editor of the UK-based journal \u003ci\u003eSwedish Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Her translations from the Swedish include Ellen Mattson's \u003ci\u003eSnow\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she won the Bernard Shaw Translation Prize. She lives and works in Kent, England.","brand":"Other Press (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42669671710957,"sku":"9781590517611","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_311572b7-23b3-4800-b633-304ab0bee6fe.jpg?v=1649480299","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/willful-disregard-a-novel-about-love-9781590517611","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}