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AFRICA
Narrative Non-fiction2019 · 392 pp

AFRICA

Tore Linné Eriksen

No continent has been populated by humans as long as Africa has, and in this book we are taken on an exciting journey, stretching from the first hunter-gatherers to the present day. The author presents up-to-date knowledge and new perspectives, highlighting Africa's contribution to our shared global history. The book is richly complemented with pictures and maps, and is aimed at both students and wider audiences. “It shouldn’t be possible to tell the history of Africa from the first humans to the present day in one book. But that is exactly what Tore Linné Eriksen has done. I believe that everyone who is, in their own way, interested in this enormous continent will find great joy delving into Africa. In addition to everything else the book has to offer, we also find an updated and extensive bibliography where the author refers to a great number of books, not least written by African authors.”Jon Magne Lund, Vårt Land (Norway)Norwegian writes about Africa in a lively and insightful way“Eriksen has now collected his impressive knowledge in his book Africa: A Complete History […] It deserves to have many readers in Denmark as well.”Klaus Winkel, globalnyt.dk (Denmark)“With an extremely successful intertwining of stories, Tore Linné Eriksen criticises dystopian portrayals of Africa […] Africa is changing and this is therefore all the more reason to read about Africa’s past and present once again – like Tore Linné Eriksen has done in this wonderful, wide-spanning book intended for the general interested reader.”Bjørn Enge Bertelsen, Klassekampen (Norway)“Africa: A Complete History is a truly glorious book to have lying out. It mustn’t be placed in an office bookshelf, but by the sofa, where grandchildren disturb the peace during calm Sunday dinners by asking questions and demanding attention: The book is a door-opener, with its many short, thematic stories which can inspire us to dig deeper […]”John Y. Jones, Ny Tid (Norway)“[The book] is extremely reader friendly. The language is simple, and the text is rich with well-titled sub-chapters and insightful figures and tables. The publisher has allowed space for pictures of art and photographs of its political development to be used richly. Africa: A Complete History is simply a beautiful, colourful book which has the potential to interest a lot of people.”Randi Rønning Balsvik, nordnorskdebatt.no (Norway)“Tore Linné Eriksen’s history of Africa is a triumph of a book […] When compressing a million years of history between two covers, in a book of scarcely 400 (large) pages, there is a danger of resorting to listing things. But Eriksen also has time for explanations and detours, to reports of individual people, cultural movements and reflections on the subject of history. Eriksen truly does paint a rich and complex picture of Africa […] deserves to remain a go-to piece of writing for many years.”Andreas Viestad, Morgenbladet (Norway)Brilliant textbook about the history of Africa“[…] Linné Eriksen argues well and convincingly for his approach to how the history of Africa can be written. In the introduction “Is it possible to write the history of Africa”, he is by far reviewing his own book. The author does not fall into old Marxist rhetoric on economic profit and neo-liberalism as the most important explanation for the lack of development. In addition, he contributes to giving nuances to the points of view of both Afro-optimists and Afro-pessimists. […] This book should be compulsory for everyone who is studying, is interested in, or is travelling to Africa.”Terje Vigtel, Bistandsaktuelt (Norway)“A superb “complete history” which depicts Africa’s variation in vegetation, culture and politics – richly illustrated with maps and diagrams. […] It is difficult to do the book justice in a short review, so let me say right away that this book is written for a general readership, and that it is extremely good. This “complete history” is told through a shrewd combination of geographic, historic, linguistic, biologic, social, economic and political perspectives, with rich content and a good flow.”Kjetil Vikene, Forskerforum 1/2020 (Norway)“Tore Linné Eriksen argues in an informal and not-at-all polemical way that there are few reasons to still be Eurocentrics. We all come from Africa anyway. […] With pictures, text boxes and pie charts, Africa does unavoidably have a certain textbook-characteristic, but in that case the book is at the top of its genre. Every caption is thought-out, and it isn’t bad to be shown how small a share of the cake an African farmer gets for a thirty-kroner cup of coffee in London (14 øre). […] With his book, Tore Linné Eriksen has proven that it is entirely possible for a general reader to find a shortcut into everything they didn’t know they wanted to know about Africa.”Knut Hoem, nrk.no (Norway)

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Never, ever, ever
Literature and Fiction2019 · 224 pp

Never, ever, ever

Linn Strømsborg

«I am 35 years old. I do not want children.It’s not something I talk to other people about. It is something that I am ashamed of, a topic I avoid; take long verbal detours around. When my friends talk about having kids, I change the topic. I do not want to be too certain or unbending, because I might suddenly wake up one day and find that I have become one of them, an ordinary woman in her thirthies wanting to get pregnant, wanting a family, wanting to expand my life, my body and my heart to make room for more than myself. You are allowed to change your mind.»The main character in Linn Strømsborg´s novel Never, ever, ever has never wanted children. She has been living with Philip for eight years, and they have agreed to not have children – up until now. Because maybe Philip might want to become a dad after all? And while her two best friends are expecting their first child, and her mother is constantly nagging about grandchildren, and her everyday life is full of parents with toddlers and births and the struggle of others to have enough time for it all, she is firm in her life and her choice about not having children. Never, ever, ever is a novel about why we have children, and why we do not have children. It is the story about choosing something other than what is expected of you, but at the same time wanting a normal life. NOMINATED TO THE NORWEGIAN BOOKSELLER AWARD Strømsborg explore motherhood through the relation the narrator holds to her own mother, her grandparents and her mothers relationship to her parents. She has interesting perspectives on Motherhood vs. Fatherhood, writes beautifully about growing up and how friendships change once someone has kids. The book is never introverted, but has a narrative driven by good dialogues and storyline. The story is elegantly composed, at times cinematic.Strømsborg has written rare and energized prose about a timely and somewhat taboo topic. ***** VGA thing that is exciting about the book is how it portrays the choice of not having children, both in a longer perspective but also in a somewhat critical period of life. Never, ever, ever shows how existentially gripping it is to see the window closing, and still tell yourself that it is the right thing to do. The novel gets very close on a childless everyday life and future. MORGENBLADET Linn Strømsborg awakens awareness about our family expectations. Her prose is pleasant and touching. KLASSEKAMPENLuckily the novel does not end up being an apology for the voluntarily childless. It is rather existential. And it is good literature. The novel describes exceptionally well the uncertainty of making such a choice, both for those who ends up with a yes and those who ends up with a no. ***** FÆDRELANDSVENNENThe issue is interesting: Why do people become so stressed out over the fact that someone would not want to have children? Never, ever, ever argues that a rich life can be lived in many ways, also without reproduction. DAGSAVISENThis book becomes more a novel the further you read. It turns from a monologue to allowing other people to make the narrative vivid. And the ending is beautiful, if not to say ugly beautiful. Strømsborg has managed to give her protagonist reflections that go beyond her choosing not to have children because there are many bars to visit and festivals to attend. There are also other interesting things to do with your life. Never, ever, ever is also a novel about the importance of friendship, and the acceptance for the choices of your friends - and not getting the same level of acceptance back from the rest of society. It is all heartfelt, tender and important. *****BOK365

Explores the challenges of not wanting children as an adult woman
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Benny and the Christmas Calamity
Children's Books2019 · 152 pp · Age 9 - 12

Benny and the Christmas Calamity

Tom Erik Fure

Benny and the Christmas Calamity is an uproarious and heartwarming story about yearning for the traditions of Christmases past, doing whatever it takes to preserve those traditions at any cost, whilst simultaneously navigating the rollercoaster that is tween life. Nobody loves Christmas more than Benny. Traditional Christmas, that is. The way it’s always been. So, imagine his surprise when his parents announce, only two days before Christmas, that the family will be celebrating Christmas in the Canary Islands this year! And what’s worse: they’ll be traveling – and celebrating Christmas (!) – with friends of the family and their son, Ken. Benny’s clueless about a lot of things, but of this he is certain: there is no way he’ll be spending Christmas at the beach, strutting about in a Speedo alongside Ken with his supermodel smile, gorgeous hair, and his ability to reduce Benny to a blubbering mess just by looking at him. This calamity only has one remedy: The trip must be stopped – Benny must go berserk.

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The Mannequin Murder
Literature and Fiction2019 · 128 pp

The Mannequin Murder

Ingvild Schade

The Mannequin Murder is a fascinating and dramatic account from the literary talent Ingvild Schade. It is a beautiful and painful, burlesque and grotesque novel with unexpected twists and turns. Reviewers have compared Schade with Kurt Vonnegut, Mikhail Bulgakov and John Kennedy Toole. Karsten is a meticulous and gaping young boy living in a normal Norwegian family. His father is a doctor and his mother is an English teacher, and his little sister is still in sagging diapers. All objects and events, big or small are subject to Karsten’s intense interest and exploration – whether he is holding a lengthy lecture on the history of stones or gutting a fish for his family’s Tuesday dinner. In the scree behind the stone villa where Karsten lives, seven neighbourhood boys roll loose rocks and point their fingers at him like guns. Lately they have sent him threatening letters signed the ‘The Enemy’. However, Karsten has other things on his mind: In the compost, he has discovered the bloody corpse of a mannequin, and thus he is in full swing interrogating witnesses and filming a dramatization of the murder mystery, with his mother acting in the role of the bloody murder victim. Suddenly one morning Karsten’s father asks him to say goodbye to his childhood home. An overnight bag is packed, and his father says they are leaving for a trip – and everything is set into motion. REVIEWSIngvild Schade is in the process of creating her own literary subgenre.MORGENBLADET The protagonist of Ingvild Schade's delirious new novel has a lot in common with both Patrick Bateman and Holden Caufield. (…) With The Mannequin Murder she confirms her role as a writer who seems totally independent from the current beat and tone of Norwegian literature.DAGENS NÆRINGSLIV To master style in this way is unusual and sorely needed (…) This is a prose cornucopia, a linguistic calorie bomb. You have to read Ingvild Schade. And she needs to write more. Just a friendly suggestion. KLASSEKAMPEN Ingvild Schade follows in the footsteps of Tarjei Vesaas and Ingvar Ambjørnsen, but with a more extreme linguistic skill than them. (…) Ingvild Schade appears as a daring and energetic storyteller. AFTENPOSTEN Breathe in; put away your cell phone and stick to the text, and you are in for an entertaining and peculiar read. The Mannequin Murder delights me, and is so far this year’s greatest literary surprise. DAG OG TID

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Buffy By is talented
Children's Books2019 · 256 pp · Age 9 - 12

Buffy By is talented

Ingeborg Arvola

Meet Buffy By, a poor girl in rich Oslo. She's useless at ball games but naturally gifted when it comes to slalom, the world's third most expensive sport. How will it all work out?Class 6B at Refstad School have to write their autobiographies. Buffy By would rather write about slalom – or be out practising slalom. During a free course during winter break, she turns out to be a natural talent! It's just a shame they don't have enough money for the training fees – or skis or poles or skiwear or anything else, in fact. But Buffy By doesn't let that put her down. And she always has a good idea or three.You can't find many books about poor children in Norway these days. But here comes Buffy By's autobiography and there's nothing like it! WINNER OF THE LITERATURE PRIZE, THE NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF CULTURE AWARDS FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS 2019 It’s a linguistic joy ride, with invigorating lines and playful descriptions. While entertaining and engaging the reading child, the moral project is unpacked between the lines. DAG OG TID Ingeborg Arvolas new series about the adventures of the poverty stricken girl Buffy By, gets a lively start and opens for many fascinating discussions about ethics and economy. (…) Buffy By is here to stay – and that’s brilliant. Barnebokkritikk.no [Buffy By is talented] is both important, beautiful and unfashionable in a lovely way. The story is driven by Buffy’s wish to attend slalom camp, and the two thematic strains of poverty and absent fathers are woven together gradually and deftly. And it’s wonderful to read about a classroom without conflict once in a while. Morten Haugen, @bokmorten Buffy, her brother Bobby and their beautiful mother are living hand to mouth, receiving charity donations from the food bank in Oslo. Still, Buffy and her family find solutions and get by against all odds. Buffy is active, always looking for solutions, and rather unfocused. Playing soccer, she's a hazard, but she turns out to be a natural at Slalom, downhill skiing. An autobiographical school project comprises a large part of the book's clever storytelling. The literary device of letting the autobiography dictate the narrative, is very successful in a book that plays with language and genres. The characters are rendered with wit and a keen eye. The central question driving the narrative, is how Buffy will finance the development of her unknown talent. The solution comes after a long-winded series of unexpected events, and some luck. With humour and warmth, Arvola conveys what it is like to be poor in the richest nation on earth, while the candour and vulnerability are sizzling just beneath the surface. This is amusing and riveting reading, with a broad appeal, where the central message is: Everyone is good at something. Nora Brech’s black-and-white illustrations reflect the humorous tone of the text.Jury's statement, Norwegian Ministry of Culture Prize 2019

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Echoes of the City - The Shadow Book
Literature and Fiction2019 · 544 pp

Echoes of the City - The Shadow Book

Lars Saabye Christensen

Lars Saabye Christensen has put his ear to the conch of the city and listened to the sound within. With finely tuned sensitivity he listens to every detail. He sees the light casting a shadow one way as the sun is setting over the city that was, and the other way over a city waking up to a new time. Inevitably the question arises: Whom are we who are living in this city, this country and this time - and who will we become? At the centre of the third part of Echoes of the City we find Maj Kristoffersen. Her destiny is intimately interwoven with Oslo and its streets; but not as much as the people she shares the city with. First and foremost her children Jesper and Stine, as well as her fellow women of the Red Cross, the invisible social backbone of Fagerborg borough. The children are grown up and times are changing. Hopes and dreams are challenged by a world no longer on track. Growing pains affect them all as new doors open and the old ones close. ‘It is gripping, in some passages glittering. And only a reader with a heart of steel could fail to be deeply moved…’DAGBLADET ‘Lars Saabye Christensen allows himself digressions and diversions in the last novel in his Oslo trilogy Echoes of the City. This sets the three-volume work slightly off-kilter. Just what it takes to make the trilogy necessary. Yes, necessary.’NRK ‘The author serves up metaphors and images that will make the reader cheer.’FÆDRELANDSVENNEN ‘The Shadow Book is a very powerful novel, which stays with you for a long time. And yes, it is a bit funny too.’ADRESSEAVISEN ‘… an emotional roller-coaster’ VG ‘With The Shadow Book, Lars Saabye Christensen has concluded his trilogy in a way that ensures Echoes of the City will stand as a masterpiece in the oeuvre of this soon-to-be 66-year-old Oslo man.’ BOK 365 6/6 ‘Echoes of the City is a vast monument to the past and the present day. …it works, the whole thing. Echoes of the City – The Shadow Book is a brilliant conclusion to the trilogy about Oslo and Norway in the decades after the war.’DAGSAVISEN ‘Lars Saabye Christensen writes warming literature of reminiscence, full of linguistic treats.’ AFTENPOSTEN

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Circus
UpLit / Literature and Fiction2019 · 320 pp

Circus

Magne Hovden

Funny, elegant and entertaining novel about a traveling circus and a woman's fateful choice. A cynical, self-centered businesswoman inherits a circus and sets out on a journey that introduces her to a world of traditions, dedication and camaraderie that gradually causes her to reevaluate how she'll spend the rest of her life.Sold to Germany, Italy, France and Estonia before it was launched in Norway!Hovden has succeeded in writing a colourful, satirical and catchy novel.DAGBLADETSend in the Clowns! ‘"I would rather shovel Elephant muck!" seems to be the moral of this cross over between Jonas Jonasson’s The Hundred Year Old Who Climed out the Window and Wall Street. In other words likeable and well written entertainment.’STAVANGER AFTENBLAD

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The dark secret in Tysfjord
Narrative Non-fiction2019 · 224 pp

The dark secret in Tysfjord

Anne-Britt Harsem

In 2016 eleven women and men in Tysfjord stood forth in media to tell about sexual violations. The police investigation revealed a total of one hundred and fifteen cases of sexual violations, most of them with connections to the lule sami environment in Tysfjord. This is the story of how a community could fail in such a way, told by the victims. It is a story of the responsibilites adults have for children, and the old conflict between the big community and smaller, closed environments.

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Where Agnes Lives
Children's Books2019 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 6

Where Agnes Lives

Marit Larsen

Agnes has lived her whole life on the third floor of an apartment block. It's almost impossible for her to imagine living anywhere else. One day Anna moves in, and everything is turned upside down. Because, what is "home" really and who gets to call it that? Where Agnes Lives is a colorful, illustrated picture book about being new, and about belonging. The book is perfect for children from 3 years and up. Songwriter and musician Marit Larsen makes her author debut with the picture book Where Agnes Lives, beautifully illustrated by Jenny Løvlie.

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ANIMAL DETECTIVE BUREAU: THE CATNAPPER
Children's Books2019 · 104 pp · Age 6 - 9

ANIMAL DETECTIVE BUREAU: THE CATNAPPER

Endre Lund Eriksen / Gisle Normann Melhus

Nora loves animals and is delighted to have become a trainee at the Animal Detective Bureau. She is keen to investigate all the animal cases in the small town of Nordlund, along with the retired masterdetective (and walrus) Carl Berner, and a hyperactive mink called Mirja. But one day a little girl's kitten disappears, and Nora becomes a suspect herself! Carl Berner seems to be more concerned with munching on dried fish, while Mirja just wants to arrest everybody. Will Nora and her friends at the Animal Detective Bureau really be able to solve the mystery of the cat-napper? The Catnapper is the first book in a richly illustrated detective series, perfect for children aged 6 years and older.

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Edward Rubikon: Witches Wood
Children's Books2019 · 144 pp · Age 9 - 12

Edward Rubikon: Witches Wood

Aleksander Kirkwood Brown / Andreas Iversen

Ghost Busters meets Stranger Things in a series of thrillers for readers aged 9+. Edward Rubikon is a monster hunter. Together with his friends Kasper and Nadira, he tries to keep the little town of Grimsrud free of ghosts and other supernatural creatures. New mysteries arise when Edward’s parents disappear in the middle of the night on a camping trip. Who captured them? There’s a rumour going round thatreal witches live in the woods.

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The Echo of a Friend
Literature and Fiction2019 · 320 pp

The Echo of a Friend

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

Elling is finally back, as vulnerable and funny as ever. He has moved into a basement apartment in Oslo, renting from the widow Annelore Frimann-Clausen. This is Ingvar Ambjørnsen´s fifth book about Elling, and it continues to build on the strong narrative from the previous books. The new book is a beautiful and gripping story about a lonely human being, a story that many can relate to. 'What a comeback!Echo of a Friend is a genuinely funny book, offering a lovely row of shining comic episodes. But just under the cheerful surface there is a tender nerve of something different. For The Echo of a Friend is maybe first and foremost a novel about great and bottomless loneliness. Even if Ambjørnsen manages to add a feeling of redemption to the story, there is no doubt that this story is quite terrible. And terribly good, as well.'VG ****** 'Of course this is a real Elling novel. But the backdrop that Ambjørnsen has drawn up for us also contains deep and striking comments on society of today – you can by all means call it humoristic satire – but Echo of a Friend has a deeper and more serious undertone, describing some of the most pronounced contemporary features of our time.'DAGBLADET ***** 'Elling is back. Almost just as funny, and quite as sad – but even lonelier.The recognition of what Elling is struggling with, finding his place in the world and a dignity in his own life, make Echo of a Friend not only relevant, but yes – important.'ADRESSEAVISA 'Ruthlessly honest return of Elling.The return of now 20 years older Elling in Ingvar Ambjørnsen´s Echo of a Friend is sad, melancholy and at the same time invigoratingly humoristic. As a novel it is a recognizable Ambjørnsen landscape, smartly delivered with a sense for precession and dark humour. It is not an exaggeration to say that Ambjørnsen was at his very best with his books about the lonely, dysfunctional and at times crazy Elling. And he shows us again, 20 years later that he is at the same level. It is a joy to read this new novel.'DAGSAVISEN 'Ingvar Ambjørnsen is back with a new book about Elling – 20 years later. This is a reunion that you do not want to miss.Ingvar Ambjørnsen is back with a new book about Elling – 20 years later. This is a reunion that you do not want to miss. Reading this book on the tram might lead to spontaneous laughter behind the book covers, making you feel a bit like Elling yourself. This is the strength of this author. In a seemingly relaxed way he illuminates the pages with different perspectives of our time, with Elling as a modern day and anxiety filled fairytale hero. We are all Elling. We are all a bit weird. This is the thing that adds depth and nerve to the stories about Elling. Like always, the writing is great. Great images, excellent rhythm and not a single loose sentence. He is light at hand, and builds sentences the way Elling changes moods. When they are good, they are tight and snappy. This book, like they say, brings joy to both old and new readers. I can not wait for the next book, because now Ambjørnsen is on a roll – and so is Elling.'AFTENPOSTEN

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