Literature and Fiction · Hardback

If I Should Die Some Day

Norwegian title: Hvis jeg skulle bli borte en gang

Åsne Maria Gundersen

A mother has a stroke that robs her of her ability to walk, control her feelings and recall the past. For her daughter, this triggers an avalanche of feelings, thoughts and memories. Why does she fear her mother’s death when she doesn’t need her? In compact, poetic language, this novel tells a story about growing up as next of kin, pushing a stroller in the cemetery and waiting for a death and reconciliation that never seem to arrive.