The Hills Reply
Book review Leif Larson Brooklyn, N.Y. Seated outside a cafe in Bergen, I slid a book across the table to my godfather, Svein. “Ahh, Tarjei Vesaas,” he said ponderously as if he hadn’t thought...
Category: Books
Autumn by Karl Ove Knausgaard
Book review Christine Foster Meloni Washington, D.C. Karl Ove Knausgaard is a prolific writer, and the variety in his areas of interest is remarkable. His best known work is, of course, his six-volume autobiographical...
Cultural context & social interaction
Tiina Nunnally’s translation of Asbjørnsen and Moe speaks to us anew Ericka Michael Puyallup, Wash. The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe is a beautiful new translation from the orignal Norwegian...
Shark Drunk
Book review Andy Meyer The Norwegian American I admit that I was disappointed, even a little frustrated, when I first learned that the title for the English translation of Morton Strøksnes’ Brage Prize-winning book...
Searching for Nora
A novel sequel to Ibsen’s classic Christine Foster Meloni Washington, D.C. Wendy Swallow is the latest in a long line of writers searching for Nora. Why this fascination to find Nora, a woman who...
The Trumpet of Nordland
Book review Andy Meyer The Norwegian American As a scholar of literature, I’ve long been susceptible to Romantic impulses, so it should come as no surprise that I am drawn to the northern reaches...
No Surrender
Book review M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway No Surrender is a new translation into English of Vi ga oss ikke (literally “We didn’t surrender”), a first hand story told in 1945 by Hans Cappelen...
The Whisperer by Karin Fossum
Book review Christine Foster Meloni Washington, D.C. Karin Fossum continues to deserve the title of Norway’s Queen of Crime. Her latest novel, The Whisperer, is a riveting read. As usual, she reveals the perpetrator...
Is this the greatest Norsk crime novel?
Our reviewer calls The Iron Chariot good but not a candidate for all-time best Thor A. Larsen Fishkill, N.Y. I have read many Norwegian mysteries, all written in the last 40 years. So when...
Beginner’s Norwegian
Book review: Beginner’s Norwegian by Laura Ziukaite-Hansen Margo Sorenson Mukilteo, Wash. Anyone wanting to learn Norwegian probably has a really good reason to do so—mostly involved with family and ancestry—because since most Norwegians are...
