The Hare (Innbundet)

og andre noveller

Author:

Lars Saabye Christensen

Norwegian title: Haren
Norwegian subtitle: og andre noveller
Author:
Binding: Innbundet
Year: 2025
Pages: 384
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Språk: Bokmål
ISBN/EAN: 9788202868048
Kategori: Literature and Fiction
Overview Haren

The Hare is a rich, entertaining, surprising, funny and thought-provoking collection of short stories from one of our foremost authors. The collection consists of twenty short stories move from what might happen when you’re out walking and encounter someone who doesn’t have control of their dog via forgotten and hidden songs to people who “remembered their wedding day but forgot their marriage”. In between, we must do lifesaving, meet a new colleague, learn a round of art history – and several laps of Bislett Stadium.

Lars Saabye Christensen is one of Norwegian contemporary literature's most significant writers, and is particularly celebrated for his ability to capture the essence of everyday life with humor and empathy. He is one of the big masters of the short stories, where he skillfully crafts memorable characters and poignant moments, employing his keen eye for detail and his talent for revealing the extraordinary within the ordinary. In the short story, Saabye Christensen's unique writing style stands out, turning phrases and playing with words like only he can.

«..short story writing at its finest. This is an absolute must-read!»
NETTAVISEN, six/six stars

The Master of the Short Story
«That distinctive blend of the poignant and the witty, which is Lars Saabye Christensen's trademark, permeates this collection of short stories and makes it a truly rewarding reading experience.»
DAGBLADET, five/six stars

«A diverse collection of short stories, both short and long, touching and unsettling, beautiful, cheerful and sad.»
KLASSEKAMPEN

«...short stories that are truly fantastic tales in their most compressed and effective form.»
AFTENPOSTEN

A Master of Writing the Short Story
«...a sophisticated blend of recognisable literary qualities and encounters with astonishing life stories. [...] Lars Saabye Christensen showcases the unruly nature of life in that astonishingly vital and creative language that is uniquely his.»
DAGSAVISEN

Masterly Short Stories
«Not only is Saabye Christensen's language almost unmatched, especially in short pieces, but his characters are also utterly priceless. [...] The Hare. What a text!»
FRI FAGBEVEGELSE

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Reviews Haren

Sjukt bra! 27.02.2025

«Haren og andre noveller er en lesefest.»

«... novellekunst på høyt nivå. Dette må bare leses!»

«Dette er, for å si det med en entusiastisk leserkompis: SJUKT BRA!»

 
Jan Øyvind Helgesen, Nettavisen

I gode og onde dager 12.04.2025

«En mangfoldig samling noveller, korte og lange, rørende og ubehagelige, vakre, muntre og triste.»

«Årets bok innfrir til fulle alle typer forventninger.»

Janneken Øverland, Klassekampen

Novellemesteren

«Lars Saabye Christensen nye noveller bærer i seg den produktive forfatterens særegne melankoli, tørrvittige humor og herlige formuleringer.»

«Den særegne blandingen av det såre og det vittige, som er selve varemerket til Lars Saabye Christensen, gjennomsyrer denne novellesamlingen og gjør den til en kostelig leseopplevelse.»

 
Inger Bentzrud, Dagbladet

Virkelig fantastiske fortellinger 08.02.2025

«...noveller som virkelig er fantastiske fortellinger i sin mest komprimerte og effektive form.»

«... disse fortellingene er underholdende små lignelser som bringer et snev av finurlighet inn i den selvfølgelige hverdagsligheten.»

Eilif Guldvog Hartvedt, Aftenposten

En mester i novellekunst 08.02.2025

«... en sofistikert blanding av gjenkjennelige litterære kvaliteter og møter med forbløffende livsskjebner.»

«Lars Saabye Christensen viser fram det ustyrlige livet i dette forbløffende vitale og kreative språket som bare er hans.»

«Det er så mye lys og varme i disse fortellingene som gjør dem oppkvikkende og ubehagelige på samme tid.»

Turid Larsen, Dagsavisen

Mesterlige noveller 19.03.2025

«Ikke bare er Saabye Christensens språk nærmest suverent, og særlig på små flater, hans karakterer er også helt ubetalelige.»

«Haren. For en tekst!»

«Det spruter glød og skriveglede av denne samlingen.»

«Ja, han gir oss troen på at skjønnlitteraturen trumfer det meste.»

Jan-Erik Østlie, FriFagbevegelse

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Author Lars Saabye Christensen

Lars Saabye Christensen (b. 1953) is one of Norway’s most beloved and prolific authors. Despite being best known for his long novels, Saabye is also a poet. His debut book was the poetry collection History of Gly (1976), for which he was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas prize. His first novel, The Amateur, was published in 1977 and Saabye Christensen often says all his novels could’ve had this title. Humans who struggle with inner insecurities and lack of a directory of their own lives, who are not professionally well-prepared in all of life’s situations, but instead make wrong choices and appear clumsy – these are the people he has an ever-recurring love for in his books.

His big breakthrough novel was Beatles (1984), which is one of the biggest selling literary titles in Norway ever and which new generations of youth keep falling in love with. In 2001 his epic major work The Half Brother was published, an extraordinarily generous and moving novel, which follows a family over a period of many years and through all stages of life. The Half Brother became an international success and won the Nordic Council Literature Prize. Between 2017 and 2021 the series Echoes of the City was published, which was met with exceptional criticism and reached a large readership. Saabye Christensen has written over 70 titles, won numerous prizes and awards, and has been translated into 36 languages.

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