Knausgaard’s Winter follows Autumn
Christine Foster Meloni reviews Winter, Karl Ove Knausgaard’s follow-up to his previous book, Autumn, which contains essays that contemplate winter.
Author: Christine Foster Meloni
Autumn by Karl Ove Knausgaard
Christine Foster Meloni reviews the novel Autumn by Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard, in English translation by Ingvild Burkey.
Why you should see Sea by Jon Fosse
Christine Foster Meloni reviews Robert McNamara’s production of Sea by Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse at Washington, D.C,’s Scena Theatre.
Searching for Nora
In a new novel, writer Wendy Swallow imagines the life that Nora, Ibsen’s protagonist from A Doll’s House, lived after the controversial ending of the play.
The Whisperer by Karin Fossum
Karin Fossum continues to deserve the title of Norway’s Queen of Crime. Her latest novel, The Whisperer, is a riveting read.
Out Stealing Horses is Norway’s Oscar nominee
Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland’s film, Out Stealing Horses, based on Per Petterson’s beloved novel, will be Norway’s bid for an Oscar nomination.
Make kransekaker fit for a celebration
When a workshop for making kransekaker was announced in the newsletter of the Washington, D.C., Sons of Norway lodge, the response was overwhelming.
Hedda finds her voice in updated Ibsen
In Jon Klein’s Resolving Hedda, which has had runs in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., the protaganist gets angry with Ibsen and decides to live.
Crying Hands immerses theatergoers
Norway’s National Deaf Theater, staged its U.S. premiere of Crying Hands: Deaf People in Hitler’s Germany at the Dorothy Betts Marvin Theater in D.C.
Norway’s Anne Frank
Ruth Maier has been called the Austrian-Norwegian Anne Frank. Her tragic story, however, is not as well-known as that of the German girl.
