Inventing a Desire

Jensen, Tron: Oppfinnelsen av et begjær

A mother dies. Her son, a school teacher called Lars, learns of her death. On a sofa at work he tries to come to grips with the loss. A beautiful unsuspecting woman sits down with him and they strike up a conversation. He immediately starts converting his desire into an erotic project, while his wife, father and sister prepare for the solemn, sorrowful rituals of death.

Praise for INVENTING A DESIRE:

“Disturbing and very good … exquisitely precise prose.”
(Dagbladet)

”Sometimes you discover books containing ideas and thoughts that touch you, almost by chance. Tron Jensen's Inventing a Desire is a novel of this unusual kind"
(Aftenposten)

First published: Forlaget Oktober,
Tron Jensen: Biography and bibliography

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