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A Century of Hesitation
Jens Carl Sanderhoff

ISBN ​​​978-1-963908-24-4      260 pages         $22.00

Jens Carl Sanderhoff's new novel about art, death, and guilt is unsettling and formidable. / His words range from purified luminosity to the delightfully hermetic, and they are chronically beautiful. / "…until oblivion descended upon my grave like evil snow" [a quote from the novel]. These are words not easily forgotten. 
   Søren Kassebeer, Berlingske Tidende 

JCS writes creatively inspired, wildly and fervently about the life and times of the poet Ezra Pound (…) ‘A Century of Hesitation’ is by God one of the best contemporary Danish novels I have read in many years! 
   Søren R. Fauth, Standart

I know this sounds super biased since I'm the daughter of the author, but hear me out: This is the first novel of his I've read. I haven't really known what to feel or where to start - since he's my dad - and I like to seperate the art and the artist when I read/go to museums/watch a movie etc. But now I've read one of his books, and let me just say; What a beautifully written piece of literature he has created. Well done, dad. 
   Alina Sanderhoff, Goodreads

Jens Carl Sanderhoff's works feel like beneficent literary explosions; his words range from the simple, luminous to the complex and deeply beautiful. He manages to write elegantly and brutally at the same time, effortlessly alternating between refined imagery and very direct formulations. 
   Danish Arts Foundation citation

Jens Carl Sanderhoff (b.1966)

Danish Author of both novels and collections of poetry. Born and raised in the southern provinses of Denmark. Now living in the opland of Copenhagen.