My Men

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Seventeen-year-old Brynhild is in a fever - she can't quiet the screaming world inside her. Following the brutal end of an intense affair, she flees Norway for America to begin a new life as Bella. She tries to settle first with her sister and then with a husband, but the restless pulse of her desire and fear won't let her keep still. As Bella seeks refuge in a series of men, her yearning for an all-consuming love ruptures into violence. In this breathtaking novel, Victoria Kielland writes her way into the tumultuous inner life of Brynhild Storset, the Norwegian woman who would become Belle Gunness - one of America's most notorious female serial killers. Written in prose of wild, visceral beauty, My Men dares to imagine one woman's capacity for ecstatic love and gruesome cruelty.

Reviews

'This fascinating, off-kilter novel about a female serial killer is an unexpectedly thrilling read' - Karl Ove Knausgard

'One of the best young authors we have... Kielland makes Brynhild tragic rather than cold-blooded' - Morgenbladet

'Gripping, unique, and amazingly well-written' - Vart Land

'Unusual and extraordinary' - Klassekampen

'What this rich and poignant novel does is try to get as deep as possible to the core of a person who struggles with what she is doing to the world and to herself. My Men is a literary achievement of the highest order' - De Standaard, 5 stars

Author Bio

Victoria Kielland is a Norwegian writer. Her first book, the short story collection In the Heather, was shortlisted for the Tarjei Vesaas debutantpris for the best first literary work in Norwegian. In 2016, Kielland's first novel, Marsh Pond, was shortlisted for the Youth Critics' Prize and the literary committee of the Norwegian Authors' Union awarded her the Norwegian Booksellers' primary writer's scholarship. My Men is her breakthrough novel and is being published in 12 languages.