A review by ampersandinc
Love by Hanne Ørstavik

4.0

A Norwegian story set during the winter, over the course of single cold night. A mother and her eight-year old son live very separate lives, as they venture out on their own one evening without the other knowing. The mother’s self-obsession leads her to spend her evening at a carnival fair looking for love. Meanwhile, the son thinks of his mother and the toy train he’s expecting to get on his birthday the very next day. Both encounter strangers during the night, and the story slowly becomes more eerie and unsettling as it reaches the fatal end.