Every Day We Shall Be So Brave (Innbundet)

Author:

Brynjulf Jung Tjønn

Norwegian title: Kvar dag skal vi vere så modige
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Binding: Innbundet
Year: 2021
Pages: 176
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Språk: Nynorsk
ISBN/EAN: 9788202703110
Overview Kvar dag skal vi vere så modige

At home, the boy does everything to help his mother keep going. Because his mother needs to rest. She needs to be alone. But sometimes, his mother relies on him. She forces him to skip school. One day something happens: the boy witnesses the neighbour shooting one of his animals, a cow. They bury the animal together. But if the neighbour can suddenly kill one of his own animals, what else might he be capable of?

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Reviews Kvar dag skal vi vere så modige

«Nært og medrivende portrett [...]»

«[...] scenene skarpt tilskåret, og språket klart og enkelt.»

«[...] en fin tekst som kaller på leserens omsorg og medfølelse.»

 
Sigmund Jensen, Stavanger Aftenblad

Sterkt forsvar for nabokjerringa 02.05.2021

«Tjønn er rå til å la historiene opne seg sakte, sakte. Han porsjonerer opplysningane om dei sentrale personane slik at lesarane får tid til å sjå for seg kva som kan kome til å skje. [...] Slik opnar teksten for at lesaren kan kjenne på ei smerte som har ramma nokon andre. Dette er noko av det edlaste litteraturen kan gjere.»

Marta Norheim, NRK

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Author Brynjulf Jung Tjønn

Brynjulf Jung Tjønn (b. 1980) made his literary debut with the novel I came to love (Eg kom for å elske) in 2002. He has since published a number of books for both children and adults. His novel for Young Adults You are so Beautiful (Så vakker du er), won the Brage Prize in 2013. In 2023 his poetry collection White, Norwegian man came out, and was an instant bestseller, received rave reviews across the board and won the Youth Critics Award.

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