An existential murder story. A master of Norwegian literature critiques contemporary society with wry wit.It is Christmas Eve, and 55-year-old Professor Pål Andersen is alone, drinking coffee and cognac in his living room. Lost in thought, he looks out of the window and sees a man strangle a woma...
Elias Rukla er en lett alkoholisert middelaldrende lektor ved Fagerborg videregående skole. En dag i oktober opplever han en plutselig innsikt idet han gjennomgår Ibsens "Vildanden" for en uinteressert gymnasklasse. På vei ut blir han stående i skolegården uten å få opp paraplyen sin, og overmann...
They had been sitting in the crowded ski cabin for several hours. It had already begun to grow dark outside, the daylight hours are so short up here in the north in December. They had a place at a large table for six at first, but moved over to a table for two when it became vacant. Throughout th...
This autumn day, too, a Monday in October, not yet knowing as he sat at the breakfast table with a light headache that it would be the decisive day in his life. Like every day, he had been careful to put on a sparkling white shirt, which alleviated the distaste he could not help feeling at having...