Annina Holmberg
Annina Holmberg (b.1964) has studied literature and theatre sciences. Presently, she is writing a new novel, Tabernacles, an intense story about a much-revealing get-together of five schoolmates. It is when the friends evaluate and compare their present values that everything starts to unravel.
Praise:
“ ‘Echo’ discusses motherhood in an entertaining manner, spiced with witty theatrical anecdotes.”
– Uusi Suomi
Written by Annina Holmberg
Echo
Annina Holmberg’s fresh narrative voice describes growing up in a bohemian family of artists.
The magical world of theater is seen first through the wondering eyes of a child, and then from the vantage of a young adult consumed by current events. At the same time, the text takes on a darker tone: the family must come to terms with political conflict, alcoholism, and culture wars. A daughter who zealously defends her parents grows to adulthood and sees her past from a new perspective.
“I know the daughter’s lines, but I’ve still got plenty of work to do on the mother’s role,” the narrator states, upon realizing that she more readily identifies with the classic father figures of literature than the mothers. An echo responds from the past, as the bunny-rabbit trembling in the bushes develops through self-awareness and self-acceptance into a tigress defending her young.
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