My Danish Album (Innbundet)

Author:

Lars Saabye Christensen

Norwegian title: Mitt danske album
Author:
Binding: Innbundet
Year: 2011
Pages: 104
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Språk: Bokmål
Originaltittel: Mit danske album
ISBN/EAN: 9788202332464
Overview Mitt danske album

Lars Saabye Christensen has always had a special feeling for Copenhagen, his now deceased Danish father being the essential link. Mitt danske album is a collection of poetry and prose about the author's exploration of himself, his family and the city. It is beautifully illustrated with family photographs and contains a section in which his father, Mogens Hjort Christensen, the Copenhagen lad who grew up to be an architect, tells us about his childhood. And about the family trip by car through Sweden to Denmark, when little Lars kept clutching his small blue suitcase in his arms, while big brother calls him a loser. «A charming little book of remembrance ... a loving, redemptive portrait of a father and a relaxed, amusing history of his family through three generations.» From the review in Politiken, when Mitt danske album was published in Denmark this spring. It was enthusiastically received.

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Reviews Mitt danske album

"Så nå skal jeg, med Saabye Christensens kloke betraktninger surrende i hodet, finne frem de gamle albumene igjen, og kanskje se bildene på en ny måte, enda en gang. Jeg anbefaler leseren å gjøre det samme."

 
Emil Otto Syvertsen, Fædrelandsvennen

Den perfekte melankoli

"Fysisk og sanselig, drømmeaktig og skyggefylt. Lars Saabye Christensen dyrker den perfekte melankoli."

 
Sindre Hovdenakk, VG

"Det er en flott samling med prosatekster og dikt, skrevet med Saabye Christensens vidd og vemod."

 
Per Randers Haukaas, Bergensavisen

"(...) en vakker, til tider bluesklingende minnerune over en avholdt far og hans slekt."

Steinar Sivertsen, Stavanger Aftenblad

"En bok som beriker såvel leseren som Lars Saabye Christensens forfatterskap. "

Mode Steinkjer, Dagsavisen

“Mitt danske album er en fryd å lese og bla i.”

Henning Howlid Wærp, Aftenposten

Saabye driller Danmark i herlig erindringsbog

"Mit danske album er en skøn lille samling af prosadigte og familiebilleder. (...)Bogen er et kærligt og forløst faderportræt og en rolig, humoristisk slægtshistorie i tre led, bedsteforældre, forældre og Saabye selv. Både i fotos og tekster er der en sikker, arbejdsom stræben, en linje opad mod det kunstneriske, som minder om den, Stefan Zweig tegner i ’Verden af i går’."

Bjørn Bredal, Politiken

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Author Lars Saabye Christensen

Lars Saabye Christensen (1953–) has published a number of novels, poetry and short story collections since his literary debut in 1976 with The Story of Gly. His breakthrough came with Beatles (1984), one of the greatest literary sales successes in Norway that, over the years, new generations continue to hold close to their hearts. The author received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for The Half Brother in 2001.

He has also received the Riverton Prize, the Critics' Prize, the Brage Prize, the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize, the Dobloug Prize and the Norwegian Reader's Prize. The author has been published in 36 countries.

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