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Turmoil

Full title: Turmoil - a journey into the contemporary self

"Strictly speaking, parachuting is not a terrible risk. It is merely copying life’s real risks. Love, intimacy and the others are the real risks. What is river rafting to rejection? What is bungee-jumping to the loved one’s call that never comes?"

This is a book about clever children and the feeling of shame, about piercing and money-gambling, about confrontations with scumbags and about radical body therapists, about the utility of being ill and much, much more. "Turmoil" is a personal essay about modern individuals’ surplus of information, entertainment and material goods. It is a popular-psychological travelogue filled with cultural criticism – and self-criticism.

"Uro" has attracted much attention from critics and public alike, it has so far run through six printings and been a major selection in two book clubs.

Praise for Turmoil:

"Uro is a real tour de force, erudite ... a magnificent achievement ... I promise the open-minded reader a most enjoyable and stimulating experience."
(Politiken, Denmark)

"This is a major work by a learned man, a bold practitioner and a keen observer who makes it a little easier for the rest of us to understand ourselves and our surroundings."
(Aftenposten)

"A rich and challenging book that may change human lives."
(Jostein Gaarder)

English sample translation available from Aschehoug Agency.
First published: 1998, Aschehoug
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