Literature and Fiction · Hardback

Nothing To Be Afraid Of

Norwegian title: Ingenting å være redd for

Eivind Sudmann

Thomas is in control. A former psychologist, he now travels the country holding the lecture «The Grammar of the Good Life» for large audiences. He teaches them how they too can turn hardship and pain into insight and peace of mind. Now, it is Thomas who decides what to keep, and what to discard. During his childhood, everything went up in smoke. Presently, in the safe family environment he has built for himself, everything is at it should be.

Until one day he receives audio recordings and photographs of himself and his family. Why is someone watching him? This unresolved situation awakens something in Thomas, something he repressed is resurfacing. Little by little, the past comes back to him, this time as a stranger.

Nothing To Be Afraid Of is a captivating novel about the haunting power of the past, and about everything you have to push away to live well in the present. Is it possible to build a good future if your past was truly terrible?