Prison without a door

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Prison without a door

A radical Norwegian novelist addresses women’s unhappy lot

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The TLS Magazine

18 July, 2025

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JOHANN KERNER saw the woman coming out of the darkness. She looked ancient and she moved as slowly as a snail, her back bent. She was the most likely source of information he had seen on his travels.

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