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Stine Pilgaard understands those who fall in love with the neighbor: all that makes the world a little bigger

From Berlingske · () Danish

Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Bestseller author Stine Pilgaard has moved from western Jutland to Husum, where she lives with her young family.
  • She describes the interruptions and intimacy of family life as rich material for her writing.
  • Pilgaard says thoughts about time, aging and death recently overwhelmed her emotionally.

Stine Pilgaard cried recently in the assembly hall at Husum School, overcome by powerful emotions. The bestselling author connects the moment to her feelings about time and its ability to toss people around.

She is growing older, she says. One day she will die, and one day her family will die. Those thoughts have become part of the emotional landscape surrounding her move from western Jutland to Husum.

There, Pilgaard lives a small-children family life marked by interrupted conversations and sex among dangerous swinging satellite dishes. She sees the intimate details of everyday life as unexpectedly expansive.

“There are so many layers in what is completely close to us, and that is what I try to unfold and give a few more tones,” Pilgaard says.

There are so many layers in what is completely close to us, and that is what I try to unfold and give a few more tones.

· Stine PilgaardPilgaard explains how the intimate details of family life inform her writing.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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