Oslo 1965. La Norvegia, come il resto del mondo vive sotto l’incantesimo dei Beatles. Kim ha quattordici anni e come molti adolescenti sogna di avere una band simile ai Beatles. Con i suoi amici Ola,...

Set in post-war Oslo and following on from Echoes of a City, by an author who understands the city like no other."One of Norway's finest writers" GUARDIAN"Profoundly resonant" TLS In Kirkeveien, Oslo,...

'"Beatles" is the story of Kim Karlsen and his three buddies, Gunnar, Ola and Seb - and, yes, they occasionally like to think of themselves as the Fab Four. They were born in 1951, and the story starts...

The painter Peter Wihl - a celebrated success early in his career - is about to turn fifty. The prospect is stifling his creativity and jeopardising his preparations for a major new exhibition intended...

At the end of World War II, twenty-year-old Vera is brutally raped by an unknown assailant. From that rape is born a boy named Fred, a misfit who later becomes a talented boxer. Vera’s young son, Barnum,...

Quatre amis, Kim, Gunnar, Ola et Seb, sont réunis par leur passion pour les Beatles. Ballottés entre histoires d’amour balbutiantes, rêves de grandeur et petites déceptions du quotidien, ils ont quinze...

Le 4 janvier 2001, Kim Karlsen, âgé de cinquante ans, se réveille un matin dans une chambre d’hôtel au nord de la Norvège. Il ne se souvient de rien. Il ne le sait pas encore, mais il est mort. Dans un...

A jewel of modern Norwegian literature now hailed as Lars Saabye Christensen's crowning achievement - an intricate and utterly compelling narrative."With its tonal nuance and quietly amusing melancholy,...

Hermann er ósköp venjulegur 11 ára strákur. Fyrir utan eitt. Hann er að missa hárið. Dag einn fer Hermann í klippingu sem hefur afdrifaríkar afleiðingar. Rakarinn tekur nefnilega eftir að Hermann er að...

Örlagasaga fjögurra kynslóða sem eru markaðar af átakanlegum atburði. Veru Jebsen er nauðgað en hún segir engum frá, allt þar til Fred sonur hennar fæðist. Atburðurinn hefur afdrifarík áhrif á ævi Freds...

Hversu langt er hægt að ganga fyrir listina? Listmálarinn Peter Wihl er að undirbúa stórsýningu á verkum sínum í tilefni af fimmtugsafmæli sínu þegar hann skyndilega missir sjónina. Óttasleginn gerir...

Michael Chabon, Dave Eggers, Mario Vargas Llosa, Colm Tóibín, Ayelet Waldman, Maylis de Kerangal, Graldine Brooks, Jacqueline Woodson, Ala Hlehel, Madeleine Thien, Rachel Kusher, RajaShehadeh, Lars Saabye...