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Nightwaves

Ingunn is 37 and scared to death of being abandoned. Therefore, she dumps every man she meets before he gets the chance to even think about breaking up with her. She persuades herself that she is happy with her life, and the lunch-break stories told by her “happily” married colleagues, does nothing but confirm this belief. As a music reporter she gets to travel, to meet the stars, and not least, to seduce men - and she throws herself into one passionate affair after the other. And she is good at it: Men love her. At least for one night at the time.

Then one day, in a desperate attempt to start a new and healthier life, Ingunn is out power walking with her newly bought hiking poles. A 7-year-old girl crosses her path, and when her father follows close behind, Ingunn soon realises she is in danger of losing control of her feelings. Terrified of the choices ahead, she plunges into reckless weeks of raw passion – but can she, in the long run, flee from herself and her own feelings? Or will she find the courage to show her true colours to another human being?

Praise for Nightwaves:

”Ragde is an extremely deliberate and competent author (…) Her efficiency is impressing (…) a hell of a story packed with energy and excessive humour as well as tenderness, written by an author who is aware of her artistic devices and knows what she’s doing. Popular fiction? Sure, but cunningly done, and very well written.”
(Dagsavisen)

”Ragde masters an elaborate fan of nuances and refinement, being mercilessly accomplished at describing people and relationships (…) You will find funny and penetrating descriptions of interiors and social circles. Ragde knows everything from Internet dating sites to music from the 1960s, -70s and -80s (…) An elegant ending.”
(VG)

”Ragde at her best. Set her a task, any task, involving the exposure of man’s darker instincts, and she executes it with utmost perfection (…) great writing, with psychological depth and poetical wit.”
(Adresseavisen)

”Anne B. Ragde uses the classic chick lit techniques with self-confidence and skills in her latest novel (…) One of the reasons Ragde is so popular is her consistent professional ability to know which details to reveal and which to leave to the reader’s imagination (…) As always Anne B. Ragde has written a solid novel peopled by characters both distinctive and familiar, keeping the reader in suspense all the way.”
(Dagens Næringsliv)

”A novel well worth reading (…) Ragde is good with details (…) Ingunn is more interesting as a type: a woman helping herself to qualities normally attributed to men: the great appetite for sex devoid of feelings (…) What we see is an expansion of the range of female characters in literature, a new kind of exploration of human sexual instincts and life, and witnessing this is exciting.”
(NRK)

First published: 2009, Forlaget Oktober
Anne B. Ragde: Biography and bibliography

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