Literature and Fiction · Hardback

Damn, Damn, Damn

Norwegian title: Faen, faen, faen

  • Explores female rage in modern society
  • A strong young female voice breaking taboos about women's problems
  • A novel about having had enough, as a modern mother

Britt is forty-three years old, married, and mother to a young daughter. All her life, Britt has done the right things. She has followed the rules, made everyone else happy. She been responsible, cleaned up after herself and others. But on this one day, on holiday in a summer house in Norway, she loses her temper and tells off her whole family and friends. And the only thing she regrets, is that she didn't do it a long, long time ago.

Together with Niko, the gorgeous free-spirited woman in her husband's group of friends, Britt sets off. Just to get away, spend a night on the beach, to feel the freedom she never allowed herself. But at some point, the night is over, and Britt has to ask herself who she wants to be. As a woman, as a partner, as a mother.Damn, damn, damn is a novel about anger and defiance, about desiring a different life - and a different world. But it is also a novel about surprising yourself, about falling apart and picking yourself up again, and about everything that can happen when you dare to listen to yourself.

Damn good«Great content. Well-written. Funny. Relatable. Spot on about contemporary issues. Oh yes, Linn Strømsborg delivers.»ADRESSEAVISEN, five/six stars

«When there's a new book out by Linn Strømsborg, I have to have it right away. I don't care how empty my wallet is, I have to have it. And Damn, damn, damn did not disappoint.»STUDVEST

Material available

  • ✓ Synopsis & author CV
  • ✓ Full manuscript (Norwegian)
  • ✓ Sample translation on request

Original publisher

Flamme forlag

Publication

2023

Length

208 pages

Format

Hardback

Genre

Literature and Fiction

Foreign rights

Sold to 4 territories

  • Czech Republiccontract signed 2025Albatros Media / Kniha Zlin
  • Germanycontract signed 2023DuMont Buchverlag
  • Hungarycontract signed 2024Libertine Books
  • Polandcontract signed 2023ArtRage

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