Literature and Fiction · Paperback

OURS

Norwegian title: Vårs

Amalie Kasin Lerstang

When the factories grewwe grewmovement became possiblethe strikes visiblethe cries for help heardwhen my heart beats, melted life screamsOURS is a political and hopeful poetry collection from the town of Notodden. Here we find the 1st of May banners side by side with hillbilly cars with lowered chassis, cheese puffs and girls with the odour of smoke. OURS is an energetic collection about topics like identity, social inheritance, class issues and about how the place you come from, both geographically and personally, shape how you see the world around you. Amalie Kasin Lerstang (f. 1988) made her debut with the novel Europe (Europa) in 2014, and she received the Tarjei Vesaas First Writers Award for the novel. OURS is her second book.