Лучшие произведения Сири Хустведт

Kui luuletaja Mia Fredrickseni abikaasa palub parast 30 aastat kestnud abielu pausi, kuna tal on suhe kauni prantslannast kolleegiga, murdub Mia vaim. Hullumeelsus annab maad raevule, mida naine soidab maandama oma lapsepolvekoju. Jark-jargult laseb Mia end tommata teiste eludesse: eaka ema hakkajad sobrannad, nooruke kahe lapse ema naabermajast, salalikud teismelised tudrukud tema luulekursuselt. Meesteta suve lopuks teab Mia, mille nimel tasub voidelda – ja kelle maaratud tingimustel. „Meesteta suvi“ on provokatiivne ja intelligentne tragikomoodia naistest ja tudrukutest, armastusest ja abielust ning igipolisest sugudevahelisest voitlusest.

Fresh from Minnesota and hungry for all New York has to offer, twenty-three-year-old S.H. embarks on a year that proves both exhilarating and frightening - from bruising encounters with men to the increasingly ominous monologues of the woman next door. Forty years on, those pivotal months come back to vibrant life when S.H. discovers the notebook in which she recorded her adventures alongside drafts of a novel. Measuring what she remembers against what she wrote, she regards her younger self with curiosity and often amusement. Anger too, for how much has really changed in a world where the female presidential candidate is called an…