Delirium is narrated by an elderly, unnamed retired philologist living in a row house in Oslo. At the beginning he believes that he and his childhood friend Martin are the final survivors of a group of eight boys who grew up together around a maple tree in a courtyard at Sagene. The others have gradually […]
Nådeskudd is a new Harry Hole novel, but it is also partly an Oleg Fauke novel: a crime story about filmmaking, authorship, murder as performance, and the poisonous need to be seen. The Norwegian title means something like Mercy Shot or Coup de Grâce, and in the book it refers both to a final killing […]
The story begins with the narrator, a man named Syvert, driving home from Kongsberg where he has been on business. On the way, his car suddenly breaks down outside of Arendal in the biting winter cold. The engine loses power, traffic piles up behind him, and he manages only to pull over before the car […]
The narrator, reflecting on his past, gazes out from the porch in search of his deceased father. Despite his father’s passing fourteen years prior, the narrator still yearns for him deeply. Desiring to immortalize his father’s essence through writing, the narrator hopes to encompass all facets of his father’s being and experiences. Memories flood back, […]
The Lung Float Test is based on a true story, the novel is set in Sachsen – in and around the city of Leipzig – in the 1680s and deals with the trial of Anna Voigt, who was accused of infanticide, a capital offense in the early modern times. According to the law code of the […]
In this novel, Tollak is portrayed as an eccentric, stubborn, and angry man who lives in the past and despises the modern world. His only companion is Oddo, an intellectually disabled boy he took under his wing. Tollak’s wife, Ingeborg, disappeared some years ago, and he has invited his children, Jan Vidar and Hillevi, to […]
Karin remembers herself in a picture from when she was 16 years old, taken by A in Paris in 1983. Her shoulders are exposed and she’s wearing long earrings. The photograph no longer exists but she’s trying to piece together, now as a 55-year-old author in Oslo, how the photograph came to be. Karin speaks […]
In the story, we follow the life of Katrine and her family over two distinct time periods – first, in the present day, and then seven years later. Present Day: Katrine is having a meal with her children, Janne and Jostein. Jostein has developmental disabilities and struggles to communicate his feelings. Janne is frustrated because […]
This is an autobiographical novel that delves into the experience of raising a child with autism. Written from a mother’s perspective, the narrative revolves around her 9-year-old son, Daniel, and the challenges they face together. It explores the difficulties she encounters in her journey as a parent and the strain of getting through each day. […]
Karl Ove Knausgård permits the characters to reveal themselves through comprehensive descriptions. He maintains the belief that we will ultimately grasp and possibly gain insight from them. Whether the characters fail to learn from their mistakes is either inconsequential or, in fact, the focal point, depending on the interpretation of the book. “The Third Kingdom” […]