Naïve.Super. (Innbundet)

Series: Cappelens storbøker 

Author:

Erlend Loe

Norwegian title: Naiv. Super
Author:
Binding: Innbundet
Year: 1999
Pages: 214
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Språk: Bokmål
Originaltittel: Naiv. Super
Series: Cappelens storbøker
ISBN/EAN: 9788202188115
Overview Naiv. Super

Troubled by an inability to find any meaning in his life, the 25-year-old narrator of this deceptively simple novel quits university and eventually arrives at his brother's New York apartment. In a bid to discover what life is all about, he writes lists. He becomes obsessed by time and whether it actually matters. He faxes his meteorologist friend. He endlessly bounces a ball against the wall. He befriends a small boy who lives next door. He yearns to get to the bottom of life and how best to live it. Funny, friendly, enigmatic and frequently poignant - superbly naive.

"It displays a canny lightness of touch and a great deal of charm. An effortlessly hip and savvy antidote to the rainy day blues."
Sleazenation

"Loe certainly has some of Salinger's lightness of touch, and the often comic voice of his unnamed narrator recalls Salinger's Holden Caulfield. A charming debut novel."
The Times

"A book overflowing with creative talent... Well-calculated naivety"
Dagbladet (Norway)

"It is a fascinating how much depth this young author can convey in simple language - a major talent."
Oldenburgische Volkszeitung (Germany)

"I devoured Erlend Loe with giggling excitement."
Arbetet (Sweden)

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Reviews Naiv. Super

"Anmelderen begynner å skrive lister, han også. Det bør leseren også gjøre. Skriv denne boken på listen. Innkjøpslisten."

Erik Fosnes Hansen, Aftenposten

"Om jeg var ung og leste Naiv.Super. skulle jeg i ren inspirasjon selv ville bli forfatter."

Göran Tunström

"en bok som bobler av lystig skrivekunst på så godt som hver eneste side. (...) en liten genistrek i den naivistiske sjanger."

Øystein Rottem, Dagbladet

"Og min spådom er at Erlend Loe med denne boken vil vekke vel så stor interesse for filosofiske spørsmål hos sine lesere som Jostein Gaarder."

Arne Guttormsen, Vårt Land

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Author Erlend Loe

Erlend Loe is one of the most beloved and popular authors in Norway. He was born in 1969 in Trondheim, Norway, and studied folklore, film studies and literature at university. He made his debut with the novel Frankly, my dear (Tatt av kvinnen) in 1993, for which he received raving reviews. In 1996 came Naiv. Super, his big break through in Norway and internationally. It has been called the novel of his generation. His novel Doppler, which came out in 2004, has been critically acclaimed for it's depiction of the modern man, and The Guardian named it 'Book of the Year'. He is a productive author, and writes books both for adults and children. His books about Kurt have been a huge success, and have also been turned into an animated film. The books have been published in thirty-nine countries so far.

He lives in Oslo and enjoys biking.
Awards:

  • 1996 Ministry of Cultural Affairs Prize for Den store røde hunden (The Big Red Dog), children's picture book, Illustrated by Kim Hiorthøy.
  • 1997 The Cappelen Award
  • 1998 The Critics Prize for Kurt Quo Vadis?, illustrated children’s novel, children’s book.
  • 1999 The Bookseller Award for L (L).
  • 2006 The French Prix Européen des Jeunes Lecteurs for Naiv.Super. (Naïve.Super.).
  • 2006 The French Tam-tam Prize for Fisken (The Fish), children’s book.
  • 2010 De Grote Jongerenliteratuur Prijs (the Netherlands) for Muleum (Muleum)
  • 2013 The Aschehoug Award
  • 2016 the Liv Ullman Prize
  • 2022 BolognaRagazzi Award - COMICS Early Reader - for Hvem rumpet brunosten? (Who buttocked the brown cheese?)

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