Christopher Hart
Radium Relationships
The Story of Blanche and Marie
By Per Olov Enquist
Harvill Secker 219pp £16.99 order from our bookshop
Per Olov Enquist’s last book to be translated into English was the masterly and prize-winning The Visit of the Royal Physician. Now, once again, he has taken an historical story and used it as a vehicle for enquiry into love, art and death. He treats these big themes with miniaturist care and attention, while his characters, trapped in history like insects in amber, are deeply and sympathetically observed.
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