In The Belly of the Whale (Innbundet)

Series: Pantalone-serien 2

Author:

Hilde Rød-Larsen

Norwegian title: I hvalens buk
Author:
Binding: Innbundet
Year: 2025
Pages: 272
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Språk: Bokmål
Series: Pantalone-serien
Serienummer: 2
ISBN/EAN: 9788202881863
Overview I hvalens buk

In mid-July, newly divorced Jonas Sverdrup travels from Bergen to his hometown of Oslo, after his ex-wife has gone on holiday with their son. For three weeks, Jonas is borrowing a friend's flat, and he wants to spend the time following the impulse method. But the impulses fail to materialise, in a city abandoned by family and friends.

Maud Elvebakken has no need to travel from her hometown of Oslo. She likes change of atmosphere that July offers, the opportunities it provides. She wants to gather friends and acquaintances who are left in the city around a long table in her backyard, and see what happens. Also Jonas, whom she hasn't seen since they were children in the teeming garden of her father.

These summer weeks will open up to new human connections, but also to a past that Jonas and Maud in their adult lives have tried to shield against.

In the Belly of the Whale is a standalone sequel to In the House of Pantaloon.

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Reviews I hvalens buk

Tar pulsen på sommeren 2025 09.11.2025

«Rød-Larsen har som alltid et godt grep om teksten med dialoger som flyter. Hun skriver underholdende, og det meste av spenningen ligger i utforskningen av karakterene.»

Maria Årolilja Rø, Adresseavisen

Det var en gang en sommer 08.11.2025

«Hilde Rød-Larsen setter globalt og lokalt maktspill opp mot hverandre i romanen I hvalens buk. (...) Samtiden er vanskelig å hanskes med, og Rød-Larsen har laget et tidsdokument over sommeren 2025. «Hva i alle dager var det de drev på med, menneskene, sommeren 2025?». I hvalens buk gir et årvåkent blikk inn.»

Tora Sanden Døskeland, Klassekampen

«Slik forrige roman viste til betydninga av samhold mellom enkeltmennesker, synes budskapet fra Rød-Larsen å være at det er først når vi, med våre små liv, går sammen, at den store historien kan utfordres. Den nye generasjonen som representeres av den passive Jonas og den trassige Maud, har en gylden anledning til å rope ut på vegne av ofrene til sine forfedres ondskap. Jeg håper vi får høre det runge i trilogiens avsluttende bok!»

Sigrid Strømmen, Vårt land

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Author Hilde Rød-Larsen

Hilde Rød-Larsen (b. 1974) made her literary debut in 2019 with the novel Summer Time, and in 2022 Diamond nights came out to critical acclaim in Norway, Denmark and Germany. In 2023 she was awarded the Bookseller's Author Stipend for her authorship. Hilde Rød-Larsen is also known as the Norwegian translator of authors such as Thomas Korsgaard, Elizabeth Strout and Sally Rooney. In the House of Pantaloon, the first book in a planned trilogy, came out in 2024. She has a Bachelor and a Master's Degree from The London School of Economics and lives in Oslo.

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