Yet another win for Knausgård
15/01/2010My Struggle - First Book has been awarded the 2010 P2 Listeners' Prize. This is the first time ever that an author has received this prize twice; Karl Ove Knausgård also won for A Time To Every Purpose Under Heaven (2004). This is the third prize for Knausgård's ambitious six-novel project.
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Three of our authors nominated for the 2009 Critics' Prize
05/02/2010Karl Ove Knausgård's MY STRUGGLE - FIRST BOOK and Ingrid Storholmen's CHERNOBYL STORIES are both nominated in the category Best Adult Fiction, whereas Endre Lund Eriksen's SUPER is among the nominees for the Best Book for Children and Young Adults.
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Arne Lygre and Kjersti Vik win prizes
13/01/2010Novelist and playwright Arne Lygre has won the Mads Wiel Nygaard Endowment for 2009. Kjersti Vik has won the Aschehoug Debutant Grant 2009.
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Flatland, Helga
If You Can Stay, Remain. Leave, If You MustThree young boys who have been friends since childhood decide to enlist in the Norwegian armed forces in Afghanistan. None of them return. Why did they go? What about the ones they left behind? What influence our choices – whether we stay or leave? Helga Flatland's debut novel is about growing up in, being surrounded by and breaking loose from a safe place that no longer feels safe.
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“Helga Flatland has written a fine novel about childhood. Her debut speaks of a great literary talent, a love of writing, and an ability and desire to write throrougly. ” Fædrelandsvennen
“Flatland writes with a great sense of detail and nuance ... well done and promising ” NRK
Andersen, Anders T.
Thomas Olsen’s First World WarHow much can a person take before it goes to the dogs? When Thomas Olsen learns that his dad is dead – his old, drunken father – memories hit him hard. With its many unforgettable scenes and gripping main character, Thomas Olsen’s First World War takes hold of the reader from the very first page and is etched in your mind for a long time.
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“Merciless Norwegian runaway novel (…) Andersen succeeds in conjuring up a young boy’s anxieties and fears with an almost unbearable credibility. ” Dagbladet
“Raw, bleak – and well written. This is a novel that you cannot read without being marked. ” Fædrelandsvennen
