Literature and Fiction · Hardback

19 POISONINGS

Norwegian title: 19 forgiftninger

Nils Christian Moe-Repstad

Nils Chr. Moe-Repstad’s new collection of poetry is about poisonings in the broadest sense – about plagues, infections and pesticides, but also about pollution, political corruption and financial exploitation. The poems make great leaps in time and space: we move from Noah’s ark to Kirkegaten in Kristiansand,from the zealots’ mass suicide on the Masada plateau in 73 ADto sea levels rising, and from climbing plant propagation to a hypothetical future. He looks at poisoned bodies, fragile souls and corrupt societal bodies.Nils Chr. Moe-Repstad’s previous book,Teori om det eneste, was nominated for the Brage Prize, and he has now written a new poetic masterpiece

’19 forgiftninger is a book that demands a lot from the reader, but also gives a lot back in the form of a palpable sense of intensity and sensibility.’DAGSAVISEN‘The sense of nature’s indifference is dizzying in Nils Christian Moe-Repstad’s poetic exploration of the consequences of poisoning.’MORGENBLADET‘I think that 19 forgiftninger is Nils Chr. Moe-Repstad’s best book to date. Last year he was nominated for the Brage Prize. This year he might just win it!’AFTENPOSTEN