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Tag Archives: Norway

Book review: A Shining (Kvitleik) by Jon Fosse (Norway)

2023 novella by the Nobel Prize winner

Posted byimogen27th Nov 20236th Dec 2023Posted inbookTags: A Shining, books, Europe, fiction, Fitzcarraldo Editions, Jon Fosse, Norway, novella, translated literature3 Comments on Book review: A Shining (Kvitleik) by Jon Fosse (Norway)

Film review: The Worst Person in the World (Norway)

Rich and immersive Oscar-nominated Norwegian romantic comedy

Posted byimogen21st May 202221st May 2022Posted infilmTags: coming of age, Europe, film, movie, Norway, oscar nominee, romance1 Comment on Film review: The Worst Person in the World (Norway)

I Live a Life Like Yours: A Memoir by Jan Grue (Norway)

A thought-provoking, Barbellion Prize-longlisted memoir on living with disability by Norwegian academic Jan Grue

Posted byimogen2nd May 2022Posted inbookTags: Barbellion Prize, books, disability, Europe, life writing, life-writing, memoir, non-fiction, Norway, prize nominees, translated literature3 Comments on I Live a Life Like Yours: A Memoir by Jan Grue (Norway)

Review no 90: Harald Sohlberg: Norwegian artist

Harald Sohlberg: a Norwegian painter of magical landscapes

Posted byimogen7th Jul 202024th Jan 2023Posted inartTags: art exhibitions, Dulwich picture gallery, Europe, Harald Sohlberg, landscapes, Norway, snowy2 Comments on Review no 90: Harald Sohlberg: Norwegian artist

Review no 78: Restless by Kenneth Moe (Norway)

Norwegian despair

Posted byimogen28th May 20206th Jun 2020Posted inbookTags: Europe, european fiction, fiction, nordic fiction, nordisk books, Norway, translated literature1 Comment on Review no 78: Restless by Kenneth Moe (Norway)

Hanne Ørstavik, Love (Norway)

I loved this short, sharp shock of a novel. Think you’re a bad mother? It’s ok, you’re not as bad as Vibeke.

Posted byimogen9th Nov 201911th Jan 2022Posted inbookTags: book, books, Europe, fiction, hanne orstavik, literature, noir, nordic fiction, Norway, Norwegian books, Norwegian literature, novella, prize_winners, scandi noir, Scandinavia, snowy, winter, wit, women_in_translation3 Comments on Hanne Ørstavik, Love (Norway)

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