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…
Axel Jensen: Ikaros – ung mann i Sahara (Icarus – A Young Man in Sahara)
The latest addition to my website is Axel Jensen's Ikaros – ung mann i Sahara (Icarus – A Young Man in Sahara). Our unnamed narrator, a young Norwegian, heads for…
Jens Bjørneboe: Frihetens øyeblikk (Moment of Freedom)
Latest on my website: Jens Bjørneboe's Frihetens øyeblikk (Moment of Freedom) This is a thoroughly grim account by a forty-six year old Norwegian, living in a remote Alpine part of…
Lars Saabye Christensen: Beatles (Beatles)
The latest addition to my website is Lars Saabye Christensen's . The novel tells the stories of four Norwegian boys/young men from 1965 (when they are fourteen) to 1972. Initially,…
Johan Bojer: Den store hunger (The Great Hunger)
The latest addition to my website is Johan Bojer's Den store hunger (The Great Hunger). Bojer write about the poor and downtrodden. This book is about Peer Holm, the illegitimate…
Norwegian literature
Every year around this time, I read only books from one country. As we are hoping to visit Norway for the first time later this year, I have selected this…
Sigrid Undset: Olav Audunssøn i Hestviken 2 (The Snake Pit; later: Olav Audunssøn. 2. Providence)
The latest addition to my website is Sigrid Undset's Olav Audunssøn i Hestviken 2 (The Snake Pit; later: Olav Audunssøn. 2. Providence). This is the second in her Olav Audunssøn…
Hanne Ørstavik: Presten (The Pastor)
The latest addition to my website is Hanne Ørstavik's Presten (The Pastor). The eponymous pastor is Liv. She had worked in southern Germany where she had befriended Kristiane but when…
Jon Fosse: Eit nytt namn – Septologien VI-VII (A New Name : Septology VI-VII)
The latest addition to my website is Jon Fosse's Eit nytt namn – Septologien VI-VII (A New Name : Septology VI-VII). This is the conclusion of his brilliant trilogy about…