Literary fiction

Herman

Lars Saabye Christensen

At school there is Ruby with the big red hair, which someone claims houses five bird nests. At home there is Herman’s mom who works at the Jacobsen´s Colonial, and with a laugh so loud that the Nesodden ferry runs on ground and the City Hall clock comes to a full stop. She can also throw a lunch pack pretty far. Herman´s dad is a crane operator, and from his seat he can see as far as America and beyond. At the fourth floor, Grandpa is laying in a four-poster-bed. He cannot walk, but he is still fit as a fiddle. So is Herman, until the day when the hairdresser asks to talk to his mother. Winner of the Norwegian Critics Award. A very entertaining and highly readable book. Wise and rich in content. DAGBLADET