Literature and Fiction · Hardback

Smiley Face Thumbs Up Rainbow

Norwegian title: Smilefjes. Tommel opp. Regnbue.

Victoria Durnak

Ivana wants so be an actress, but can´t get into the Theatre Academy. Kaja is engaged to a man (Jostein) who is cheating. She contacts Ivana with the following suggestion - that she in one way or another befriends the mistress (Sunniva) and make her end the affair she is having with Jostein. "You could start by becoming a member of the same gym that Sunniva attends, and then take it from there? You will be paid well. And the experience will make you a much better actress - it would actually for sure get you into the Theatre Academy the next time around. I give you 12 months. What do you say?"

Friendships are like locker rooms. Some of them are solid, with dimmed lighting and classy interior. Heat in the floor. Nourishing soap in the dispensers. Others are built in the cheapest possible material and have lighting that always make you look your worst.