Ukyssede sko av Arild Stavrum (Innbundet)

Unkissed Shoes (Innbundet)

Author:

Arild Stavrum

Norwegian title: Ukyssede sko
Author:
Binding: Innbundet
Year: 2025
Pages: 192
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Språk: Bokmål
ISBN/EAN: 9788202881719
Overview Ukyssede sko

The year is 1937. Albert Svendsvik is twenty-two years old and works at the clipfish quay in Kristiansund. His girlfriend, Emilie, does the same. More than anything, Albert is a wrestler, and the Workers' Olympics in Antwerp is his goal. But Albert's coach has gone to Spain, where a bloody civil war is being fought. Europe is at a breaking point, and so is Albert. He feels like a loser both on and off the wrestling mat; he's tormented by thoughts of Emilie, and jealousy is taking over. Albert must push himself to the extreme and risk his life for what he wants to achieve.

Unkissed Shoes is a compelling historical novel about sport, class, jealousy, and love.

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Author Arild Stavrum

Arild Stavrum (1972–) is a former professional football player and football coach. He has played for Brann, Molde and Stabæk in Tippeligaen (Norwegian professional league), Helsingborg in Sweden, Aberdeen in Scotland and Besiktas in Turkey.
Former Norwegian champion, Swedish champion, top goal scorer and striker of the year in Sweden, number 2 top goal scorer in Scotland. He has also coached at top level and has the highest coaching qualification in Europe – the UEFA Pro Licence.

Stavrum now has taken a break from football to pursue a new dream: writing. Debuted with the novel 31 år på gress (2008), followed by Golden Boys in (2012), which has been translated into Danish and English. He then wrote the non-fiction book En sommer med fotball in 2013. The same year saw the publication of his first children’s book, Maradonas magi. This was followed by Maradonas mål in 2014 and Maradonas moral in April 2015.

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