Thirty Days In Sandefjord (Innbundet)

Author:

Vigdis Hjorth

Norwegian title: Tredve dager i Sandefjord
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Binding: Innbundet
Year: 2011
Pages: 272
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Språk: Bokmål
ISBN/EAN: 9788202365660
Overview Tredve dager i Sandefjord

Vigdis Hjorth constantly renews herself, now with a new novel. Recently, Hjorth has received glowing reviews for her recent novel Talk to me, and the highly prestigious Gyldendal Prize 2011 for her authorship in its entirety, as well as enjoying the terrific success of the film based on her classic story for young people Jørgen + Anne is true. In Thirty days in Sandefjord, she investigates the psychic states generated by being held captive: the woman at the centre of her novel has a one-month prison sentence. The writing illuminates the exceptional, strange and almost absurd condition of 'being inside' and analyses the effects it has on this resourceful woman. She compares it to returning to childhood, to being ten years old once more and the new girl in the class: how you respond by keeping a very low profile, accepting humiliation, withdrawing. As part of what the author shows to be the practical results of punishment, her protagonist feels put under guardianship, infantilised. The tone of the storytelling is both direct and literary, and the narrative offers unforgettable portraits of other prisoners. This is a challenging, thought-provoking account of how a Norwegian prison for women is perceived by those inside it.

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Tredve dager i Sandefjord» er Vigdis Hjorth på sitt aller, aller beste. Det sier ikke så rent lite.
Gerd Elin Stava Sandve, Dagsavisen

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Reviews Tredve dager i Sandefjord

"Ikke minst demonstrerer Vigdis Hjorth nok en gang hvorfor forfatterskapet hennes er et av de modigste og viktigste i norsk samtidslitteratur."

Kåre Bulie, Dagens Næringsliv

"Tredve dager i Sandefjord er ei god bok. Teksten er velskriven, reflektert, kjenslevar og tett på hendingane og reaksjonane."

Odd W. Surén, Dag og Tid

"God bok og godt gjort Hjorth!"

Solgunn Solli, Altaposten

"Tredve dager i Sandefjord er ikkje berre ein rapport frå eit fengsel, det er også -og ikkje minst- ein rapport frå ei sjel som veit at ho er sin eigen fange og den dommen ser ut til å vere på livstid. Vigdis Hjorth skildrar identitetssmerter med ubehageleg presisjon."

Marta Norheim, NRK

"Tredve dager i Sandefjord er først og fremst en reflektert fremstilling av fengselsoppholdet fra dag til dag, og hever seg kvalitetsmessig over den gjengse norske samtidsromanen ved å peke ut over seg selv på en alvorlig måte."

Frode Helmich Pedersen , Bergens Tidende

"Nok en gang lykkes Vigdis Hjorth i å utfordre kjerneleserens selvbilde ved å plassere den ressurssterke middelklassekvinnen i samfunnsgrupper hun ikke tilhører."

Ane Nydal, Morgenbladet

"Tredve dager i Sandefjord er Vigdis Hjorth på sitt aller, aller beste. Det sier ikke så rent lite."

Gerd Elin Stava Sandve, Dagsavisen

"Slik blir Tredve dager i Sandefjord vitne om en virkelighet som fascinerer og frastøter nettopp i kraft av sin sannhetsgehalt."

Kjersti Juul, Vårt Land

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Author Vigdis Hjorth

Vigdis Hjorth (b. 1959) has over several decades been one of Norway’s most important authors. She published her debut in 1983 in form of the children’s book Pelle-Ragnar and the Yellow Building, for which she received the Norwegian Cultural Council’s Debut Prize. Since then, she has had a prolific and award-winning authorship, writing for both children and adults. She has won several awards in Norway and has been nominated twice for the Nordic Council Literature Prize so far, for Will and Testament (2016) and Is Mother Dead (2020).

Hjorth writes existential books about human conditions and life choices, and throws a sharp gaze at current topics in the contemporary time. With novels such as Long Live the Post Horn! (2012) she has made her mark as a fearless political author. Her big breakthrough came in 2016 with Will and Testament, which became an instant favourite among literature critics as well as a huge sales success. In this novel Hjorth writes about complicated family relationships, about violation and liberation in close relationships, and the right to own one’s own story. Will and Testament was nominated for the National Book Award and Millions Best Translated Book Award when it was published in the US and the UK in 2019. In 2022 Is Mother Dead came out in English, and it was longlisted for the 2023 International Booker Award. Hjorth’s novels have been translated into more than 30 languages.

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