{"product_id":"a-change-of-time-isbn-9781939810175","title":"A Change of Time","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A masterpiece of the epistolary novel told in diary entries . . . beautifully translated . . . deeply felt”—from an award-winning and bestselling Danish novelist (\u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA penetrating study of a woman who, in the wake of her domineering husband’s death, must embrace her newfound freedom and redefine herself\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in rural Denmark in the early 20th century, \u003ci\u003eA Change of Time \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of a schoolteacher whose husband, the town doctor, has passed away. Her subsequent diary entries form an intimate portrait of a woman rebuilding her identity, and a small rural town whose path to modernity echoes her own path to joyful independence.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“An engaging, honest, and beautifully written look at love, loss, and self-realization.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Jessen is a talented and empathetic writer (and kudos must be given to translator Aitken, whose translation is supple and luminous), and has imbued a quiet story about a woman finding herself after her husband’s death with poignancy and stunning humanity.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “An engaging, honest, and beautifully written look at love, loss, and self-realization.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eA Change of Time\u003c\/i\u003e, Ida Jessen has crafted a masterpiece of the epistolary novel told in diary entries. Each log is rich with detail ... Here, one-liners—beautifully translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken—are deeply felt.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“The text shines as an honest reckoning with the death of a spouse—but one in a deeply companionless marriage—and the life of two people who shared little but space ... Jessen, the Danish translator of Marilynne Robinson, among others, proves to have a keen Robinsonian streak of her own. She writes with the same narrative generosity, the same belief in the dignity and voice of characters that might usually be dismissed.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Change of Time\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of masterful restraint, and this restraint is a kind of tenderness. It is a book that understands that desire permeates everything - nothing human can be be cleansed of it; and that sometimes love clings most inextricably to the smallest places - misjudgment, invisibility, loneliness. It is a book that deepens and dignifies both our innocence and our fallibility.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Anne Michaels, author of \u003ci\u003eFugitive Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A masterful psychological portrait of an individual, who is set free into a new era, after many years of great loneliness.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Jury of the Danish Writers Association's Blixen Award for \u003ci\u003eA Change of Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A successful portrait of a widow and her coming freedom. Ida Jessen is sensible and solid in her historical novel \u003ci\u003eA Change in Time\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Mikkel Krause Frantzen, \u003ci\u003ePolitiken\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “One rejoices at how clearly and precisely the book is written.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eDagbladet Information\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Once again, Ida Jessen has succeeded in creating a small masterpiece.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWeekendavisen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Set in a rural Danish village in the early 20th century, \u003ci\u003eA Change of Time\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful, quiet and reflective novel told through the diary entries of a schoolteacher called Frau Bagge . . . The novel charts her response to [her husband's] death and her attempts to build herself a new life, find herself a new place and identity and discover meaning in life again. An exquisitely written novel.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Radz Pandit,\u003ci\u003e Rhadika's Reading Retreat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIda Jessen is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Change of Time \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eEn Ny Tid\u003c\/i\u003e), which received the Blixen Prize and Danish Radio's Best Novel Prize, as well as several bestselling and award-winning novels. A member of the Danish Academy, she is known as a master of psychological realism. She has also translated the work of Marilynne Robinson and Alice Munro into Danish. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the translator:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Aitken is the acclaimed translator of numerous novels from Danish and Norwegian, including works by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Hanne Ørstavik, Peter Høeg, Jussi Adler-Olsen, and Pia Juul, and his translations of short stories and poetry have appeared in many literary journals and magazines. In 2012 he was awarded the American-Scandinavian Foundation's Nadia Christensen Translation Prize.","brand":"Archipelago","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44864871563493,"sku":"NP9781939810175","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781939810175.jpg?v=1767720350","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-change-of-time-isbn-9781939810175","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}