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Fragments of three Lives

The last day before the summer holidays Frank Larsen is visited by his childhood friend Tore, whom he has not seen since he was about 15. Tore is about to be fired from his position in an insurance company, for something which appears to be unjust grounds. Frank decides to get on the case. He is not going to let Tore down, the way he feels like he did that time almost forty years ago. From the Quart-festival, where he is with his 15 years old daughter Bella, Frank continually tries to get in touch with Tore, without succeeding. Has something happened to his friend? At the same time he discovers his daughter lying awake at night, crying. What is the matter with Bella? Different courses of life are entwined in this novel where relations and destinies turn out to be fundamentally fragile. Fragments of three Lives is a wise and subtle novel with serous thematic lines.

Praise for Fragments of three Lives:

”Warm and laid-back about distant past becoming close again…" Frank O. Anthun’s Fragments of three Lives awakens agreeable interest right from the start… There is little beating around the bush in this book. The style is documentary descriptive and detailed, but without seeming barren. On the contrary, this is an entertaining book, warm and witty. Filled with musical references which capture the spirit of the age. The underlying message and the final point is still serious enough: You have everything to win on taking part in other people’s experiences and daring to share your own”
(Dagbladet)

”About the little things which really are the biggest. Quickly read, but won’t be easily forgotten”
(Vårt Land)

”Well-written and witty about father and daughter at the Quart-festival. Frank O. Anthun has a brilliant vie won the wrold and the human beings, and a - depending on what is needed - witty, precise, melancholy and original pen to express it with… Fragments of three Lives is well-written and clever with plenty of points of recognition”
(Stavanger Aftenblad)

First published: 2005, Forlaget Oktober
Frank O. Anthun: Biography and bibliography