Literature and Fiction · Hardback

We who are Dead

Norwegian title: Vi som er døde

Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum is best known as a crime writer, but she made her literary debut with poetry. In 2013 she published the poetry collection Natten er et annet land (”Night is a Different Country”).Vi som er døde (”We who are Dead”) describes life's struggles and reflects about the different starting-points which become parts of a person. In the title poem we are followed right through till after death.

”But the dark night is oursWhen we weigh nothing;Then we rise upFrom the grave,Flicker around in the darkAnd blink like cometsUnyokedAbove the fields.”