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From the History of Hope
Literature and Fiction2017 · 64 pp

From the History of Hope

Hanne Bramness

From the History of Hope is a history book in the shape of a poem, where hope is sees as a deciding power, as important as all the gloomy actions that take place. For even under difficult circumstances there is hope. Hope is an exchange, recognition, of a united destiny. But also outside the extrasensory, in the vision: to see beyond what is right in front of you, hear more than what is just around you. In the poetry of Hanne Bramness she brings the fragments from the history of hope to life, in the here and now.

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French Opening
Literature and Fiction2017 · 144 pp

French Opening

Vigdis Hjorth

A bold, erotic, and reflective novel, which explores the possibilities for a real meeting between a man and a woman. "She had thought of his gaze, when he stood in the doorway and she lay on the bed, before he came over and pulled off the covers, as if she had met it before. And she asked herself, if she allowed everything, what would happen then, if she let him choose, what would he choose, if she gave him that space."

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The Bird Dance
Literature and Fiction2017 · 208 pp

The Bird Dance

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

An intelligent, sad but at the same time funny book. In The Bird Dance Elling wakes up in a psychiatric institution in the same room as Kjell Bjarne. Two weird people slowly approaching each other, and a frail friendship evolve. In this book we also get the story of how Elling and his mother made a desperate attempt of having a normal vacation in the Spanish town Benidorm. Ingvar Ambjørnsen received the Brage Prize of 1995 for this novel. Reviews: “Books rarely make me laugh, almost never, in fact – but I make an exception for Ambjørnsen because with him, there’s nothing for it but to give in. But now and then I feel like crying, because this is so sad too. NRK “A story that swings – from the deepest abyss to the most unbridled slapstick – and at the same time the composition is taut… a magnificent novel.” ADRESSEAVISEN “… a lavishly funny, tragicomic novel…” TØNSBERG BLAD “… impressive portrayal of an uncommon mind.” BERGENS TIDENDE “… a wonderful book.” VARDEN Ambjørnsen’s cuckoo’s nest “… an intelligent book that is at once sad and funny…” DAGBLADET “… must be one of the best books to appear between two covers this autumn.” AVISA TRONDHEIM ******

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Heart of Glass
Mystery and Crime2017 · 416 pp

Heart of Glass

Torkil Damhaug

Robin and Mikkel are brothers. Robin witnesses the terrible thing that happens to his cousin Amina. He can't help her, nor can he get any help. Robin is unable to tell anyone what he has seen. While Mikkel knows something he does not want to tell. Not to anyone. Heart of Glass is a story about recognizing evil when you meet it. About struggling to understand whom you are. But it is also a story about how far a person will go to hold on to love. Torkil Damhaug has won the Riverton Prize twice, in 2011 for Fireraiser and 2016 for A Fifth Season. ‘The personal voice is one of the strengths of Damhaug as a writer. His way of writing makes him a magnificent example of a true literary crime writer.’ DAGBLADET ‘With the sharp portrayal of a nouveau riche, multicultural Norway – where the lines of conflict are criss­crossing in confusing patterns and where the ambiguous solutions are only found on Facebook – Heart of Glass is experienced as a rarely relevant crime. No Norwegian crime writer has done it better in a long time, maybe not since Damhaugs own Fire starter from 2011.’ AFTENPOSTEN

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Halloween
Literature and Fiction2017 · 128 pp

Halloween

Tania Kjeldset

A red thread runs throughout Kjeldset's short stories. Whether it's the old lady going on a date, the children watching toads, or the middle-aged woman hiding in the basement on Halloween, they are all part of the same loose network that constitutes life. Bound together by the metro, those who take it and those who drive it, the various characters are all connected. In her first book for adults, Tania Kjeldseth writes beautiful and painful short stories – with an assured gaze and precise language, she encircles our lives.

Her Lying Face
Literature and Fiction2017 · 304 pp

Her Lying Face

Selma Lønning Aarø

In Kristiania in April 1897, the newspapers Morgenbladet and Verdens Gang announced that Knut Hamsun had reported Mrs. Anna Munch to the police and asked that her mental state be investigated. That spring, several anonymous letters slandering Hamsun had appeared in Kristiania.Hamsun was convinced that the letters had been written by the authoress Anna Munch, who was married to Edvard Munch's cousin, Peter Anker Ragnvald Munch. Anna Munch and Knut Hamsun first met during his lecture tour in 1891, when he went on the offensive against Ibsen and others. To put it mildly, she was entranced. She began to follow him, even to Paris, and on several occasions she booked in to the same lodgings as he had. She constantly sent him letters, to which she eventually received no replies. In other words, she was a good old-fashioned ‘stalker.' The police were not sure that Anna Munch had written the letters. For a while they even wondered whether Hamsun had written them himself.This epistolary mystery is the starting point for Selma Lønning Aarø's artistic novel, which brings a forgotten author to life and, not least, says something about the major struggle female authors had to be seen and heard.The author has made some amazing biographical discoveries which help to cast light on the most highly debated author in Norwegian history, Knut Hamsun. 'Selma Lønning Aarø’s latest novel has the potential to reach a vast audience and it will leave them shaken, moved and enligthened.' DAGBLADET 'Selma Lønning Aarø really knows how to wield a story. Here Anna Munch emerges from oblivion in a manner that can only be described as spellbinding … beautifully written and skilfully composed.'VG 'There is a lot to like about this novel. It is well told and excellently documented.'VÅRT LAND 'Selma Lønning Aarø has written one of the autumn’s most interesting novels, with life as it is really lived at its core. … the result is an amazingly artistic portrait.' STAVANGER AFTENBLAD'It’s amazing how Aarø fuses fact and fiction.' BERGENS TIDENDE 'Hennes løgnaktige ytre is a historical novel worth reading, about attraction, the life of an artist, madness and family.' DAGSAVISEN 'In Hennes løgnaktige ytre, Selma Lønning Aarø uses sparse documentation to create an exciting and well constructed historical novel.' DAGENS NÆRINGSLIV 'Hennes løgnaktige ytre is a really interesting novel.'KLASSEKAMPEN

Tire Change
Literature and Fiction / Narrative Non-fiction2017 · 208 pp

Tire Change

Vigdis Hjorth

The man in front of her was sitting very still on a rock smoking a Prince cigarette, now slightly smiling, with his elbows on his knees and his legs opened wide. Apart from their difference in size, he didn't really measure up to her, so why was she interested in him? But that’s something, anyway, she said to herself; she wasn’t going up the hierarchy, like most women, but down the opposite way. Is it so easy, so childish? To do the opposite? What was she after? She was having a break. From herself, from work, the past, the future, her life. Putting off difficult things, demanding things, have a break, rest at his place. It won’t solve the problem. And he isn’t even aware that there’s a problem. That she is not accountable for her actions at the time of the crime, on the run, that he is a kind of shelter. Tire Change (Hjulskift) is a love story about Truls, a car salesman, and Louise, a professor of literature. It’s an intelligent and humorously told story of an encounter between two people who come from opposite ends of the cultural spectrum. "I can do nothing but to bring out the superlatives (…) She dissects difference in class, love, intimacy, art and life in a pure, simple and extremely precise language."DAGBLADET "Hjorths latest publications portraits ever better dilemmas about living a life in the upper cultural layers of the Norwegian middle class. She writes thought provokingly and entertaining (…) Her books is amongst the best that is published in Norway today."KLASSEKAMPEN Rights sold to Denmark, Poland and Sweden.

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Homo Sacco
Literature and Fiction2017 · 480 pp

Homo Sacco

Thomas Kvam

Sophie's world is in free fall. With time off from university, she infiltrates Oslo's art scene, where curator Mr. K, critic Kjell and the artist Scram become her chess pieces. Haunted by traumas, Queen Sophie slowly moves her pieces towards the target: Checkmate. A wonderfully satirical and profound look at the Norwegian art scene, but also a serious examination of the world and society.

The Honey Jar
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2017 · 208 pp

The Honey Jar

Gert Nygårdshaug

Fredric Drum is in Saint-Émilion, one of France’s most traditional wine regions, to source wine for the small Oslo restaurant he co-owns. Inadvertently, he is drawn into a disappearance mystery—seven local residents have vanished, likely murdered, over the past few months. And there is strong evidence suggesting Fredric may become the eighth victim. The Honey Jar is the first book in Gert Nygårdshaug's ten-volume series featuring gastronome and amateur archaeologist Fredric Drum and criminal investigator Skarphedin Olsen. «... a magnificent crime novel so captivating that it is a pure delight.»VG "(…) he has succeeded, and with flying colors, in weaving his knowledge and imaginative ideas into a tight, logical, and above all thrilling and original plot."Dagbladet "(…) Gert Nygårdshaug laces the novel with colorful backdrops in the form of in-depth wine knowledge, culinary subtleties, and otherwise eccentric expertise of various kinds (…) It is likely precisely this exotic touch that makes The Honey Jar so charming and elegant."Fremover "The book belongs to that category where you open it, start reading, and don't close it until the last page has been turned (…) The premise and content are original."Hamar Arbeiderblad "With a sure and steady pen, author Gert Nygårdshaug manages to create both atmosphere and, above all, suspense; and in his debut as a crime writer, he makes a solid impression."Fremtiden

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What's with mother?
Literature and Fiction2017 · 128 pp

What's with mother?

Vigdis Hjorth

Through this unusually well-written portrait, which is both heart-wrenching and provocative, we meet the teenager Marit, who is continuously being asked, "What kind of mother do you have anyway?" This is exactly the question she keeps asking herself.“Vigdis Hjorth has written a challenging, provoking, ruthlessly revealing, brave and beautiful book about an alcoholic mother and her teenage daughter. (…) It is a novel full of insight that Hjorth has written. It is at the same time damned provoking and heartbreakingly gripping. (…) “What´s with mother?” is a book that stays with you after you put it down. It challenges, creates discomfort and it still brings joy.” DAGSAVISEN

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Ida & Oda and Other Stories
Literature and Fiction2017 · 384 pp

Ida & Oda and Other Stories

Kristian S. Hæggernes

Ida & Oda and Other Stories picks up the thread from Hæggernes's earlier publications The Checkout Lady I Have Loved and Other Stories and the novel Cousins and is about meetings between people, how they get to know each other, relate to each other and the networks that develops as they become parts of each other's existences. A sad, wise and lovely book from one of our best short story writers.

Ivan’s Flowers
Literature and Fiction2017 · 96 pp

Ivan’s Flowers

Astri Kleppe

There are large spaces that open up in A. C. Kleppe's fifth collection of poetry. History, philosophy and science are natural entryways for this poet, who is not afraid to seem nostalgic either. The collection is a memorial work, based around her dead friend Ivan's life and family. The poems cross borders in Europe and are about everything that floats by – all the insights the flow of time contains.