The Heart Keeper
2019 novel by Alex Dahl
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The Heart Keeper is a 2019 Nordic noir psychological novel by Norwegian author Alex Dahl. It was published in English in 2019 by Berkley Books, a Penguin Random House imprint.[1] Set in Norway, it tells the story of the loss of a child through the eyes of two different women.[2][3] Critic Paul Burke described it as "a powerful study of grief and loss, guilt, recriminations, trauma and PTSD, and survival."[4] Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet described Dahl in 2019 as a new star of Nordic noir literature.[5]
First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Alex Dahl |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Nordic noir psychological novel |
| Publisher | Head of Zeus (UK) Berkley Books (US) |
Publication date | 2019 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780451491817 |
Background
Dahl attributes the inspiration for The Heart Keeper to "an incident years ago when the life of her first child was saved by the neo-natal care unit at Ullevål University Hospital."[4]
