Literature and Fiction · Hardback

Syklisten

Aksel Selmer

Gustav Fenge works as a teacher, and rather enjoys it. But he really wants to spend all his time with his son, Sander, and wife, Rebekka. Then one summer's day he witnesses his son's death. And without his beloved son, Gustav is nothing.Gustav Fenge cycles. He can't be doing with anything else. Tragedy has led him out onto the country roads. His wife doesn't want anything more to do with him after their son dies. Gustav drinks heavily, loses his job and eventually ends up in a psychiatric institution. He breaks under the weight of his grief. But on his bike, he slowly comes back to himself. He embarks on a long and ambitious cycling trip through Southern Norway. His destination is his childhood paradise, Trondheim.

‘Strangely, this is an unbelievably funny novel. Feel good is an understatement.’6 out of 6FÆDRELANDSVENNEN ‘... a story that just gets better and better the more you read. ... Selmer writes accessibly. I like his short, readable sentences. His almost lyrical prose dresses up the melancholy in the story.’GUDBRANDSDØLEN DAGNINGEN