Literature and Fiction · Hardback

Eight

Norwegian title: Åtte

Gine Cornelia Pedersen

Eight is a collection of stories about people teetering over the edge – each in their own way. The characters are confronted with their urges, their feelings of jealousy and their intense longing to be loved. By creating images of themselves in others, the people in these stories are able to avoid themselves. Ingunn Bjørkli changes her name on social media to Aurora Irene Høst, in the hopes of erasing Ingunn for good. Meanwhile, Reiden Østby makes a new friend in her yoga class, but this friend starts giving her gifts and trying to get closer to Reidun than what she is comfortable with.

Gine Cornelia Pedersen has made her mark as an author with a distinct voice. Eight is a collection of stories about people here and now, about their human impulses and desires: their longing for love, their jealousy, selfishness, intense irritation and grovelling admiration.