Night Train to Nykøbing
Kristjana Gunnars
Fiction / Literary
128 pages • 5 x 7 1/2"
ISBN 0–88995–187–X paper • CDN 16.95 • USA 14.95

A woman hopelessly in love boards the night train to Nykøbing, Denmark, not knowing if the lover she leaves behind will ever be with her again. Then, through attempts to write her distant lover a letter she knows will never be sent, she recounts a long vigil, inspired by love, and her conspiracy with a waiting heart. Night Train to Nykøbing is a transformative tale that articulates the dense codes of love and the intensity of a life on the edge of abandonment. But this also is a story of return, finally, to a heart that has wandered through the desert of time.

Reviews
"A book to read if you would contemplate the effect of love on spirit and the joy, pain and loss of spirit that comes with knowing love. "
–Coast Independent

"[Gunnars'] writing is hypnotic . . . as she deals out epigrammatic truths."
–Georgia Strait

"Offers a quiet invitation to an interior world."
–Prairie Fire

"The writing is powerful and [the novel's] brooding tone memorable."
–Globe and Mail

"Gunnars knows how to tell a story. Through sparse detail and sentence fragments, the narrator relays loss, pain, and desire."
–Quill & Quire

"The scenes . . . radiate with the authenticity that comes from living with a vulnerable heart and open eyes."
–NeWest Review

"Meticulous wording . . . carefully maintained tone . . . coldly reserved yet passionate narrators.
–Edmonton Journal