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At your most beautiful

At your most beautiful tells the story of the 27 year old Markus, who discovers that not everybody he loves, loves him back. Markus is an actor in porn films produced by himself and a friend. They want to make real porn “without all the shitty things at the core”. But is this possible? Markus starts thinking about pulling out of the business, his relationship with his girlfriend is difficult, and he is drawn between several women in his hunt for real love.

Praise for At your most beautiful:

“A beautiful story … a book about what the soul is and what kind of impulses can lead to affection, even love. Rune Christiansen’s beautiful art is that he manages to show so clearly the role of choice, and role of consciousness in a person who is willing to risk something, to be more specific: to change. In other words: He wants something with his story, he has something to tell”
(Stavanger Aftenblad)

“It’s difficult to put down the novel before you reach the end”
(Vårt land)

“A beautiful and at the same time frightening love story … It’s Rune Christiansen’s prose that stirs the reader … an original and bold storyteller.”
(Dagsavisen)

First published: 2000, Forlaget Oktober
Rune Christiansen: Biography and bibliography