Danish translator
Jennifer Russell lives in Copenhagen, where she translates alongside Sophia Hersi Smith. Together, they have translated fiction and poetry by Danish writers such as Tove Ditlevsen, Marianne Larsen, and Rakel Haslund-Gjerrild.
Translated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023: TIME, LIT HUB, THE MILLIONS
After giving birth, Anna is utterly lost. She and her family move to the unfamiliar, snowy city of Stockholm. Anxiety threatens to completely engulf the new mother, who obsessively devours online news and compulsively buys clothes she can’t afford. To avoid sinking deeper into her depression, Anna forces herself to read and write.
My Work is a novel about the unique and fundamental experience of giving birth, mixing different literary forms—fiction, essay, poetry, memoir, and letters—to explore the relationship between motherhood, work, individuality, and literature.
