Literature and Fiction · Hardback

HOW LONG WILL WE LAST

Norwegian title: Hvor lenge varer vi

Mari Andreassen

What do you do when the bully from primary school sits down in front of you in the chair at the hairdresser where you work? When you, a retired pediatrician, are approached by a former patient in a bewildered state? Or when your job as a dentist has left you terrified of bacteria and you're about to go on paternity leave? Quiet desperation and emerging crises mark the encounters and the people in Mari Andreassen's debut novel, where decisive moments are depicted by a finely tuned eye.

“Just run out and get the book, like and share and hope for a fall with plenty of rain, so you’ll get enough time to read these short stories two-three times over, and discover new things every time … She delivers a book which is the keenest debut I can remember [in fourteen years]. She doesn’t seem to take after many others. She is wholly her own, with an astonishingly well executed narrative technique …”BOK365"The omnious and undecided are fundamental parts of the construction in Mari Andreassen's debut collection of short stories, “How long will we last”. In these seven stories, we meet people who have lost or are currently at risk of losing someone – a significant other, a spouse, a child. Often they operate within an emotional borderland. That makes them unpredictable. Anything can happen.”DAGBLADET