Gleichmann, Gabi
The Elixir of ImmortalityAn epic story chronicling the history of the Spinoza family together with the history of Europe.
Already sold to 8 countries - world English rights included!
Ari Spinoza is the last of the great Spinoza family. On his mother’s deathbed he promises to write his family story, to save it from oblivion. The main source to his writing is the memories of all the stories his grand uncle Fernando told him and his twin brother Sasha when they were kids. Another source is a secret book, The Elixir of Immortality, containing the recipe for eternal life, which has been guarded by the family for centuries.
To be published in autumn 2012.
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Egeland, Tom
The Testament of NostradamusWhen an Italian professor, a specialist in codes from the Middle Ages, is kidnapped at a convention in Florence, the archeologist Bjørn Beltø and the professor’s wife are plunged into a breathtaking adventure. It turns out to be a double chase: in their desperate search for the professor, they are themselves hunted by the ruthless monastic order Vicarius Filii Dei, American intelligence and a five hundred year old brotherhood of library wardens.
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“Tom Egeland has developed his craftsmanship to become playfully elegant. Which craftsmanship is that? To entertain. He knows how to tell a story. Precise, energetic and enjoyable. ” Arne Guttormsen, Vårt Land
“A well made brew of enigmas from Norway’s leading mystery novel author. (...) Egeland masters the suspense genre better than most. The plot is driven forward like a Ferrari on the highway, he suddenly gears down before he swiftly speeds up again. (...) Both vocabulary and empathy impress… ” Gabriel Moro, VG
Larsen, Terje Holtet
The DilettanteAn author is invited to a gentleman’s club, The Dandy Dilettantes, where he meets the dapper Oskar Muri Jnr. As if in a mirror, he sees himself in the man’s smooth face. The story that follows is an account of Oskar Muri Jnr.’s upbringing in his parents’ pompous upstart house and of his adult existence in his aunt’s huge downtown flat, of the grandeur and downfall of his ancestors, and of his life in the shadow of his little brother, who died in what everybody took to be a tragic accident. Everybody but Oskar himself.
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“ a book you wish would never end” Dagbladet
“put on your helmet, this book is not looking to calm you down … Muri’s story is a shocking document of emotional chill, hidden violence, subduing dominance, threatening silence and more ” Morgenbladet
“Beautiful ... a book to be devoured ... his latest books are as good as those of Karl Ove Knausgård"” Aftenposten
Lindstrøm, Merethe
Days in the History of SilenceWinner of the Nordic Council’s Literary Prize 2012
Winner of The Critic's Award for best novel 2012
An elderly woman thinks about her former housekeeper, a woman her and her husband were close to for a period of time, before abruptly dismissing her. Everyone but she and her husband question what happened. The couple has silently agreed to not discuss their past. While he becomes more and more closed up, she tries to break out of the isolation and silence, for instance by speaking to a priest.
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“With ‘Days in the History of Silence’ Merethe Lindstrøm has written one of this autumn’s best novels. In unobtrusive, elegant and incisive prose, she has produced a drama of everyday life which insinuates itself under the reader’s skin. (…) Merethe Lindstrøm is never ostentatious, and she does not use original metaphors, irony or subtext, instead depending completely on the power of her own subdued, explicit prose. There is therefore an insistent seriousness about this novel that does not fail to leave an impression of great credibility and authenticity.” Dagsavisen
“Something as rare as an author it is essential to read. (…) One of the real finds of this year’s autumn book season.” Aftenposten
