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020			_a9781529045550
037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books, Kadavanthra, Kochi
041			_aEnglish
082			_aF _bTHO/MA
100			_aThora Hjorleifsdottir
245			_aMAGMA
250			_a1
260			_aDublin _bPan Macmillan _c2021
300			_g194
500			_a‘Profane, funny, and uncomfortably honest' – Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life Twenty-year-old Lilja is in love. He is older and beautiful, a Derrida-quoting intellectual. He is also a serial cheater, gaslighter and narcissist. Lilja will do anything to hold on to him. And so she accepts his deceptions and endures his sexual desires. She rationalizes his toxic behaviour and permits him to cross all her boundaries. In her desperation to be the perfect lover, she finds herself unable to break free from the toxic cycle. And then an unexpected ultimatum: an all-consuming love, or the promise of a life reclaimed. Thora Hjörleifsdóttir explores the darkest corners of relationships, capturing an ugly, hidden nature of love. In an era of growing pornification, she deftly illustrates the failings of our culture in recognizing symptoms of cruelty. In visceral, poetic prose, translated from Icelandic by Meg Matich, Magma depicts the unspooling of a tender-hearted young woman aching to love and be loved. 'Mesmerizing . . . Hjösleifsdóttir dives deep into the fire-rivers of lust, just how much humiliation we’re willing to tolerate in the name of love.' – Oprah Daily
650			_aIdentity (Psychology)
650			_aNovel
650			_aFiction
650			_aMan-woman relationships
650			_aAbusive men
700			_aMeg Matich (tr.)
942			_cLEN
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