Laila Stien: Vekselsang (Antiphony)
The latest addition to my website is Laila Stien's Vekselsang (Antiphony)/ The novel tells the story of a Norwegian journalist who quits her job when she is accused of lacking…
Cecilie Løveid: Sug (Sea Swell)
The latest addition to my website is Cecilie Løveid's Sug (Sea Swell). While this novel has a plot, it is decidedly modernistic, using poetic collages, fragments and images, rather than…
Sigbjørn Hølmebakk: Karjolsteinen (The Carriage Stone)
The latest addition to my website is Sigbjørn Hølmebakk's Karjolsteinen (The Carriage Stone). Olav Klungland, an author and Communist, while visiting a comrade in hospital, meets Eilif Grøtteland,a former minister,…
Ingvar Ambjørnsen: Brødre i blodet (UK: Beyond the Great Indoors; US: Elling)
The latest addition to my website is Ingvar Ambjørnsen's Brødre i blodet (UK: Beyond the Great Indoors; US: Elling). The book tells the story of two men- Elling and Kjell…
Knut Faldbakken: Aftenlandet (Twilight Country)
The latest addition to my website is Knut Faldbakken's Aftenlandet (Twilight Country). This is a low-key dystopian novel set in Sweetwater (the English name is used in the original Norwegian),…
Nikolaj Frobenius: Latours katalog (De Sade’s Valet)
The latest addition to my website is Nikolaj Frobenius's Latours katalog (De Sade’s Valet). The focus is on Latour, the historical valet of the Marquis de Sade, though his story…
Tomas Espedal: Imot kunsten (Against Art)
The latest addition to my website is Tomas Espedal's Imot kunsten (Against Art). The narrator - Tomas Espedal - has just lost his wife and is now responsible for being…
Cora Sandel: Alberte og Jakob (Alberta and Jacob)
The latest addition to my website is Cora Sandel's Alberte og Jakob (Alberta and Jacob). This is a semi-autobiographical novel, the first in a trilogy, set in a small town,…
Jan Kjaerstad: Forføreren (The Seducer)
The latest addition to my website is Jan Kjaerstad's Forføreren (The Seducer). This novel is about Jonas Wergeland, a TV documentary producer, who charms everybody (hence the title) though women…
Sigurd Hoel: Møte ved Milepelen (Meeting at the Milestone)
The latest addition to my website is Sigurd Hoel's Møte ved Milepelen (Meeting at the Milestone). Published only two years after World War II, this book had considerable impact in…