Small Keys, Big Rooms (Heftet)

Author:

Bjørg Vik

Norwegian title: Små nøkler store rom
Author:
Binding: Heftet
Year: 2014
Pages: 224
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Språk: Bokmål
ISBN/EAN: 9788202456115
Overview Små nøkler store rom

Elsi Lund is four years old when the war breaks out in Norway. She grows up in Oslo in a tenement building that is poor and overcrowded, yet rich in stories. With an unparalleled ability to capture scents, moods and small moments, Bjørg Vik portrays an environment and an era unlike any other writer. Here there is both toil and struggle, but also dreams, secrets and longings that shape people's lives.

Small Keys, Big Rooms is the first volume in the critically acclaimed Elsi Lund trilogy, which together offers a uniquely powerful portrait of post-war Oslo as seen through the eyes of a young girl.

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Reviews Små nøkler store rom

«...den kaster meg fra den ene følelsen til den andre, fikk meg til å gyse og fnise, for Bjørg Vik kan beskrive mennesker. Hun kjenner personene sine, ut og inn, og vi som leser, vi bare vet: slik er det.»

Åse Nilsen, Nordlys

«...Grå hverdag og nær familie blir i Bjørg Viks roman en svært så detaljrik skildring av et barns undrende vei inn til de voksnes verden.»

Torodd Kvaale, NTBtekst

«Vi er tusener som har lært å sette pris på denne forfatterens helt særegne tone, hennes umåtelige sans for meningsbærende detaljer, hennes kresne miljøskildringer, hennes evne til å hviske oss sannheter mellom linjene. Bjørg Vik er det usagtes mester i nyere norsk litteratur. Og bare så det er sagt: Er man glad i Bjørg Vik, vil man like denne boka.»

Harald Skjønsberg, Dagbladet

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Author Bjørg Vik

Bjørg Vik (b. 1935) made her mark on Norwegian literature over a period of more than 30 years. She published 25 books, including novels, short stories, plays, and radio-plays. Her work has been translated into a number of languages. During the 60’s and 70’s, Bjørg Vik’s writings presented an unusual and provocative image of the erotically active woman, including Tales of Freedom (1975), and Two Acts for Five Women (1974). At the end of the 80s she published the Elsi Lund trilogy, which made her work popular among readers of a new generation. In many ways, Bjørg Vik’s literary career is a mirror-image of the developing debate on women’s issues in Norwegian society. The work of Bjørg Vik is a true record of love and its various conditions.


Awards
The Critics’ Prize, 1979.
Norwegian Broadcasting’s Radio-play Prize, 1980.
Nominated for the Nordic Council’s Literary Prize 1975, 1979 and 1982.
The Ibsen Prize, 1992.
The Bookseller’s Prize, 1988.
The Amalie Skram Prize, 1996.


Translations
Nødrop fra en myk sofa (SOS from the Deep Couch). Short stories, 1966. Sold to Hungary.
Gråt, elskede mann (Cry, My Beloved Husband). Novel, 1970. Sold to Sweden.
Kvinneakvariet (Female Aquarium). Short Stories, 1972. Sold to Germany, UK.
To akter for fem kvinner (Two Acts for Five Women/Wine untouched). Play, 1974. Sold to Bulgaria, Sweden.
Fortellinger om frihet (Tales of Freedom). Short stories, 1975. Sold to Denmark, Germany, Italy, Sweden.
En håndfull lengsel (A handful of Longing). Short stories, 1979. Sold to the Netherlands, Sweden, UK.
Snart er det høst (Soon it Will be Autumn). Short stories, 1982. Sold to Latvia, Sweden.
En gjenglemt petunia (A Forgotten Petunia). Short stories, 1985. Sold to Sweden.
Små nøkler, store rom (Small Keys, Large Rooms). Novel, 1988. Sold to Denmark, Sweden.
Vinterhagen (The Conservatory). Play, 1990. Sold to Russia.
Poplene på St. Hanshaugen (The Poplars on St. Hanshaugen) Novel, 1991. Sold to Denmark.
Den lange veien til et annet menneske (The Long and Winding Road to the Other). Short Stories, 1993. Sold to Latvia.
Elsi Lund (Elsi Lund). Novel, 1994. Sold to Denmark.
Roser i et sprukket krus (Roses in a Cracked Mug). Novel, 1998. Sold to Germany, the Netherlands.

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