| Norwegian title: | Jeppedalen |
| Author: | Olav Løkken Reisop |
| Binding: | Innbundet |
| Year: | 2025 |
| Pages: | 560 |
| Publisher: | Flamme Forlag |
| Spr�k: | Bokmål |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9788282885652 |
| Kategori: | Literature and Fiction |
Time is constantly changing. The days are growing colder and longer and supposedly the climate is to blame. Or Mikkel. Maija still can’t quite reconcile herself to the fact that her father-in-law has so many lives on his conscience.
But how does one become a murderer? Out of powerlessness? Out of desperation? Because he lost a brother at the age of eleven? Or because, for years, he has tried to hide what really happened to the logging crew? And how does one become evil? Out of vanity? Out of love? Because the ice gave way? Or because you encounter a golden jackal in the forest?
Most people have moved on, but for Maija it is impossible to forget. Isn’t she, in a way, to blame for The Incident? Couldn’t she have stopped him? The only thing she can hope for are brief respites from guilt and shame: sled rides with the dogs, where she vanishes into the white and simply exists, on her way, still alive.
In Jeppedalen, the second volume of Olav Løkken Reisop’s Hurdal trilogy, Maija is left alone with the dogs – and with the questions that haunt her. She will have to attempt the impossible: change the past and stop the downfall.
“ … an ambitious and wide-spreading novel universe. … an eco-critical, rugged forest thriller branching into time, down into the earth, below water and into a complicated web of events. … Reisop dives far into the paranormal with a natural authority. … Reisop actually manages to convince with this wild construction of a novel.”
KLASSEKAMPEN
“This novel carries within itself an impressive number of branches into time and space, above and below ground, in the kingdom of human, dog and fungus spore. Among several hot topics that run through these first two books, are which opportunities we have of understanding animals and nature through human perception and language. Furthermore, the novels continually pose the question of which means are legitimate (or not!) in the fight to preserve our ecosystems.”
MORGENBLADET
Olav Løkken Reisop
Olav Løkken Reisop
«(…) et ambisiøst og forgreinende romanunivers. (…) en økokritisk, værbitt skogsthriller som forgreiner seg innover i tida, ned i jorda, under vann og inn i et komplisert nett av hendelser. (…) det er sterke stemninger, flere interessante karakterstudier og ikke minst gode naturbeskrivelser. (…) Reisop stuper langt ut i det paranormale med en selvfølgelig autoritet (…) Reisop greier faktisk å overbevise med sitt ville reisverk av en roman.»
Silje Bekeng-Flemmen, Klassekampen Bokmagasinet«Romanen bærer altså i seg et imponerende antall forgreninger i tid og rom, over og under bakken, i menneskets, hundens og soppsporenes rike. Blant flere brennaktuelle tema som løper gjennom begge de to første bindene, er hvilke muligheter vi har til å forstå dyr og natur gjennom menneskelig persepsjon og språk. Dessuten stilles det gjennomgående spørsmål om hvilke virkemidler som er legitime (og ikke!) i kampen for å bevare økosystemene.»
Anna Serafima Svendsen Kvam, Morgenbladet