Bøen (Innbundet)

Author:

Brynjulf Jung Tjønn

Norwegian title: Bøen
Author:
Binding: Innbundet
Year: 2026
Pages: 112
Illustrator: Dybvig, Per
Publisher: Flamme Forlag
Språk: Nynorsk
ISBN/EAN: 9788282886604
Kategori: Children's Books
Age: 13 - 16
Overview Bøen

On the farm, father mows the grass. The sunlight glints in the scythe. Agnar stands in the long, lush grass and looks on. This is his home now. Yet it doesn't feel like he belongs here.

Agnar may well like it here, but he also doesn't. It's nice to be able to leave here, like when his mother and he travel to the city. But they will soon be back here. It's on the farm that Agnar will be now. With mother, father and the animals on the farm and in the forest.

In Brynjulf ​​Jung Tjønn's young adult novel, the farm is both a magical and completely ordinary place, a refuge and at the same time a kind of open prison. There is always something rattling around.

“I was thoroughly impressed by how deeply the author managed to explore the characters without concretely defining everything (...) There is so much depth embedded in his phrasing, making it a compelling read.”
Framtida

"The protagonist is torn between painful and tender feelings. The thoughts emerge like weeds, not unlike Per Dybvig’s illustrations in the book; it is dark, dense, and unruly, yet at the same time fragile—and original."
Klassekampen

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Reviews Bøen

Å ikkje høyre til der ein høyrer heime

«For ein skrivekunst!»

 
Herman August Søberg, Framtida.no

Vestlandsmørke

«Fire år etter det prisbelønte verket Kvit norsk, mann (2022) gnistrer det igjen av Brynjulf Jung Tjønns forfatterskap. (…) En av de sterkeste bøkene i Tjønns forfatterskap, ungdomsromanen Smadra (2018), handler om en mor som utøver vold. Vold i nære relasjoner er også motiv i den nye romanen. (…) Hovedpersonen slites mellom vonde og vare følelser. Tankene fremstår som ugress, ikke ulikt Per Dybvigs bilder i boken; det er mørkt, tett og uregjerlig, men samtidig skjørt – og originalt.»

Egon Låstad, Klassekampen Bokmagasinet

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Author Brynjulf Jung Tjønn

Per Dybvig (1964–) is an illustrator and one of our foremost children’s book artists. He has received many awards for his drawings and his work has been featured in solo exhibitions. In 2005 he and Bjørn Rørvik were co-recipients of the Ministry for Culture and Church Affairs’ Literary Award for their Fox and Piglet books.

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