MOUNT VERITY

SANNINGSBERGET – MOUNT VERITY

By Therese Bohman

A coming-of-age tale with a suspense element. Is there a connection between truth and art, and do we ever stop grieving a loss?

KOLMÅRDEN, 1989. On the night of Easter Eve, twelve-year-old Hanna’s older brother Erik is going to the church’s midnight mass with his Christian confirmation group. Afterwards, he and some friends go to the mysterious Truth Mountain, where there is a cave that, according to legend, was used in the witch trials in Östergötland during the 17th century. Rumour has it that whoever goes down into the cave can disappear into the mountain and stay there. Erik never comes home that night.

OVER THE YEARS, Hanna and childhood friend Marcus develop an increasingly symbiotic relationship, until life takes them in different directions. He pursues an academic career, while she fails to get into art schools, feeling uncertain about her direction in life and doubting her talent. When Hanna finally becomes a successful artist, she cannot let go of what it has cost her. What justice decided that she was allowed to live and that Erik disappeared? What is there left to believe in when the worst has happened? And can the story of Truth Mountain be more than a fable?

WITH MOUNT VERITY, Therese Bohman returns to Kolmården, where she grew up. This is a powerful coming-of-age story with elements of suspense, raising questions about art and truth, but also about how you are shaped into the person you become.