Children's Books · Paperback

Fall Technique

Norwegian title: Fallteknikk

Inga Sætre

Winner of the Brage Prize 2011Winner of the Ministry of Culture's Award for Best Cartoon 2011Nominated to the Nordic Council's Literature Prize 2013

Fallteknikk is both a graphic novel and a biographical tale of a girl who moves away from home to attend secondary school. This is the story of a group of close friends that tentatively wish to play in a band, and for whom the world is waiting to be discovered.

‘Inga H. Sætre delivers best of the year with practical life philosophy in Fallteknikk. … Sætre moves effortlessly between sadness and slapstick. … Fallteknikk is both simple and complex, personal yet universal. Sætre has made a beautiful series for youth, which should also be read by parents and other adults. This is the best cartoon of the year thus far.’Dagens Næringsliv

‘Inga Sætre is convincing with her first graphic novel. … As in Møkkajentene, … this is raw, honest and funny in a redeeming way.’Dagbladet

‘Inga Sætre’s strength is the fine dialogues. The words come uncensored, thoughts are being given the space to unfold, worries as well. … At the same time Sætre presents a world which cares about you, whether it is family or girlfriends. Fallteknikk is a book about “falling”, but it is just as much about the fact that most often one has the ability to get up again, and move on, with the bruises and scratches one has been inflicted.’NRK

‘The best thing about Inga Sætre’s cartoons is how people talk to each other. They talk about ordinary things, they might use the wrong word, add emphasis in the sentence here and there. They talk past each other but understand each other anyway. … even if on paper it is a book for youth, it can just as well be read by adults.’Bergens Tidende

‘… this ugly and beautiful story about a teenage girl who tries to deal with the difficult transformation into adulthood can be read by girls (and boys) of all ages. … Read and be uplifted by unforgettable lines and rough, tender, humorous and seemingly negligent drawings and trashy text. Extremely funny and deadly honest.’Tara

‘Here is complicated feelings communicated in a straight forward way, without filter – in rough poetry. You don’t have to be 19 years old and think that to be young sucks in order to like Fallteknikk.’Adresseavisen