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From the Winner of the 2016 Stella Prize for The Natural Way of Things. Four older women have a lifelong friendship of the best kind: loving, practical, frank and steadfast. But when Sylvie dies, the ground shifts dangerously for the remaining three. Can they survive together without her? They are Jude, a once-famous restaurateur, Wendy, an acclaimed public intellectual, and Adele, a renowned actress now mostly out of work. Struggling to recall exactly why they've remained close all these years, the grieving women gather for Christmas at Sylvie's old beach house.

“This is such a love story to cities & people & heartbreaks, death & loss. It's not at all corny, it's smart. But I just finished it & it made me cry.” — Eileen Myles "Signals the arrival of a novelist sure to resonate with young people who endeavor to make intimate connections." —The...

"Weekend" er en suverænt gennemkomponeret kollektivroman, hvor 118 personer skiftes til at bære fortællingen frem med deres ønskedrømme og sammenbrud, arbejde og flugt, fuldskab og forsoning, fortvivlelse og omtanke. Med lidenskab, jalousi og tillid. Med magt og ydmyghed, overbevisning og fornægtelse, overgreb og kærlighed, sygdom og lykke. Kort sagt handler den om alt det, som livet udsætter os mennesker for. En weekend i juli eller når som helst. Det er en weekend i juli i en by i den norske provins.