Martin Revheim
Martin’s story is a harrowing tale of failure and betrayal. About growing up with a violent and unpredictable father. About serious neglect and violence that was never discovered. Reality literature is overflowing with stories of sons’ difficult relationships with domineering fathers. This story is also about a father failing in his duty of care, but most of all about a son’s struggle to get out of his father’s shadow. That said, no parent is a monster, and it is precisely the relationship between good and bad memories that leaves children unsure as to whether they want to repair a relationship—an uncertainty that many fight until it is too late. Eia-Revheim depicts the relationship with ambivalence, with love and longing as well as disappointment and bitterness. If you experience a little love, you want more, he writes. Who wouldn’t relate to that?
Sara Nøland
The eyes are the body’s unique camera, livestreaming every waking hour to the brain. How in the world do these moist organs, decorated with irises of varying colours, manage this incredible task—that is, seeing? Sight is a bit like love: you don’t know you love it until it’s gone. In reading this book, you will come to realise that the function of the eye plays a key role in our lives. Many people live good lives without sight, but what can be prevented should be prevented. In this book, medical student and researcher Sara T. Nøland describes how vision works in a simple, entertaining and fascinating way, injecting fun facts, the latest and most cutting-edge research, and specific tips and tricks.