Your Absence is Darkness, Jón Kalman Stefánson 
Book
Literary Fiction
Book
Literary Fiction
Updated: 3 May 2025
No rape or sexual assault
Rape or sexual assault mentioned in passing (in discussion and/or implied)
Sexual harassment (e.g. verbal or non-consensual touching/grabbing)
Sexual relationship between adult and teenager
Child sexual abuse
Incest
Attempted rape
Rape strongly implied/details surrounding a rape discussed in detail (i.e. the events before/after)
Detailed/vivid description of rape

Description

A male secondary character describes his youthful struggles with sexual addiction. As an adult, he rescues a refugee who had been drugged and blackmailed into becoming a sex worker. A female secondary character lovingly raised a child conceived when she was gang raped. Her rape is referred to with minimal detail.

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