The Pros and Cons of Existing (Heftet)

Author:

Vigdis Hjorth

Norwegian title: Fordeler og ulemper ved å være til
Author:
Binding: Heftet
Year: 2018
Pages: 256
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Språk: Bokmål
ISBN/EAN: 9788202583347
Overview Fordeler og ulemper ved å være til

This is a novel about a bright woman with irrepressible optimism and a belief that everything will work out in the end. She loves life in all its shapes and forms and does what she can to spread happiness and joy. No more grey days! Nina is a single mother with a ten-year old daughter and has just bought the old Grepan Guest House by the Oslo fjord, which has a dining room that opens straight out onto a private beach. Here summer nights are to be enjoyed and life's highlights celebrated. Nina's fascination for people makes her an unusual and perhaps slightly unpredictable hostess, but who cares? as she would say herself.


The question is whether faith and joy can stand meeting the real world? Is being optimistic only positive – or does it have it's disadvantages too? Vigdis Hjorth's novel is both entertaining and thought-provoking.

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Reviews Fordeler og ulemper ved å være til

"En bemerkelsesverdig god roman.(...) Språket tynes for alt det har å gi, og på sitt beste får Hjorth setningene sine til å gløde. Her er vindskeive og merkelig vakre bilder og situasjoner, som vitner om en forfatter som strekker og strekker seg."

Gaute Heivoll, Fædrelandsvennen

"Det er moro å lese ein roman som både er velskriven, underhaldande og klok på same tid."

Marta Norheim, P2

"Full av liv og godt littterært formidlet"

Torunn Borge, Klassekampen

"Lystig og grusom"

Tonje Vold, Dagbladet

"(...)og store deler av romanen hører med blant det beste som skrives i norsk litteratur i dag."

Kjell Olaf Jensen, Aftenposten

"Vigdis Hjorth skriver godt. Hun tenker godt. Dessuten er hun morsom. (...) Få mestrer så presist og vakkert å uttrykke intensiteten i fysiske og emosjonelle erfaringer. "

Maya Troberg Djuve, Dagbladet

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Author Vigdis Hjorth

Vigdis Hjorth (1959–) has made an exciting literary career and has written many popular books for both children and adults. Today she is an awardwinning author and one of Norway's most interesting, contemporary writers.
She has won a number of prizes and awards, amongst them: The Gyldendal Prize in 2011, the Critics Award in 2012, The Honorary Brage Award and the Amalie Skram Award in 2014, The Aschehoug Award in 2015 and the Booksellers Prize in 2016.
Her books have been published in over 30 countries.

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