Norway – The Modern Novel

Jon Fosse: Morgon og kveld (Morning and Evening)

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Post published:17 December 2022
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The latest addition to my website is Jon Fosse's Morgon og kveld (Morning and Evening) . We first meet Johannes as he is being born, the second child of Marta…

Jon Fosse: Naustet (Boathouse)

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Post published:15 December 2022
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The latest addition to my website is Jon Fosse's Naustet (Boathouse). This is an early Fosse novel but still recognisable as part of his exploration of the dark Norwegian soul.…

Jon Fosse: Det er Ales (Aliss at the Fire)

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Post published:29 October 2022
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The latest addition to my website is Jon Fosse's Det er Ales (Aliss at the Fire). Signe and Asle are a married couple with no children who live in the…

Vigdis Hjorth: Er mor død?(Is Mother Dead?)

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Post published:21 October 2022
Post category:Motherhood Norway The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Vigdis Hjorth's Er mor død?(Is Mother Dead?). Johanna, now sixty, is a Norwegian artist, living in Utah. Her husband, Mark, has died and…

Erlend O. Nødtvedt: Vestlandet [Westland]

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Post published:13 April 2022
Post category:Norway Road trip The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Erlend O. Nødtvedt's Vestlandet [Westland]. This is about a road trip made by the author and his friend the painter Ingve Pedersen. In…

Norwegian literature Part 2

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Post published:1 March 2022
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I have now read twenty Norwegian novels in a row. To sum up a national literature, let alone an entire nation on the basis of reading twenty arbitrarily selected novels…

Roy Jacobsen: Grenser (Borders)

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Post published:1 March 2022
Post category:Norway The Modern Novel website World War II
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Yes, this novel is about borders, particularly national ones but also borders between people. Apart from a very large section involving the Battle of Stalingrad, much of this novel is…

Gerd Brantenberg: Egalias døtre (UK: The Daughters of Egalia ; US: Egalia’s Daughters)

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Post published:28 February 2022
Post category:Feminism Norway The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Gerd Brantenberg's Egalias døtre (UK: The Daughters of Egalia; US: Egalia’s Daughters). This novel is set in Egalia, a fictitious country which does…

Berit Ellingsen:The Empty City

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Post published:27 February 2022
Post category:Norway The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Berit Ellingsen's The Empty City. Ellingsen is of South Korean origin and writes in English. This novel tells the story of Brandon Minamato,…

Kjersti Skomsvold: Jo fortere jeg går, jo mindre er jeg (The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am)

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Post published:26 February 2022
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The latest addition to my website is Kjersti Skomsvold's Jo fortere jeg går, jo mindre er jeg (The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am). Mathea Martisen, who is elderly…