The House of Eden (Innbundet)

Series:  527

Author:

Marte Qvenild

Norwegian title: Edens hus
Author:
Binding: Innbundet
Year: 2024
Pages: 240
Publisher: Flamme Forlag
Språk: Bokmål
Series:
Serienummer: 527
ISBN/EAN: 9788282885430
Kategori: Literature and Fiction
Overview Edens hus

Miguel and Nora, father and daughter, live in opposite corners of the world, each striving to create Paradise on earth: an Eden. Miguel through political warfare in Mexico, or, revolution, if you prefer. His daughter, through a rainforest project in a greenhouse in Norway.

Nora hasn’t seen or heard from her dad for several decades when she receives a call from her Mexican family. They urge her to come back. Her father needs her. Will she go? Of course she will go. But is she travelling from something, or to something?

The Eden Project is a novel about bullets and seeds.

«Norwegian literature needs people who will raise their gaze. Marte Qvenlid does.»
NRK

«The novel's indisputable highlight testifies to an author who knows how to create and pursue an interesting plot – something which, undboubtedly, not many masters.»
Klassekampen

«Qvenild writes precisely and soberly, while simultaneously vividly, about everything from the rush of traffic in Carl Berner's place to the subjugation of the Mexican riot police. The immersion in Nora, Astrid, Miguel and their student friends from 1968, Yatzil and Miguel's sneaky brother, Gabriel, forms luminous portraits of rounded-out people. Their personal story provides the seed for constantly new choices, which they also make. The universe that is being written is a frankly brilliant achievement by the second book author Qvenild.»
Dag og Tid

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Reviews Edens hus

«Norsk litteratur trenger folk som løfter blikket. Det gjør Marte Qvenild. (...) Med stor empati for sine ulike skikkelser skriver hun frem nødvendigheten av fellesskap. Slik sett blir Edens hus en inkluderende roman som vil vise at verden ikke er enkel, men at den kan bli bedre om vi alle er villige til å ofre noe.»

Anne Cathrine Straume, NRK

«Qvenild skriv knapt og nøkternt, samstundes levande, om alt frå trafikksuset på Carl Berners plass til det meksikanske opprørspolitiets nedsabling. Fordjupinga i Nora, Astrid, Miguel og studentvenene deira frå 1968, Yatzil og Miguels snik av ein bror, Gabriel, dannar lysande portrett av heile menneske. Den personlege historia deira gir grobotn for stadig nye val, som dei òg tar. Universet som blir skrive fram, er ein rett ut sagt strålande prestasjon av andreboksforfattar Qvenild.»

Ingvild Bræin, Dag og Tid

«Romanens udiskutable høydepunkt vitner om en forfatter som vet å skape og forfølge et interessant plott – noe det utvilsomt ikke er for mange som mestrer.»

Eirik Riis Mossefinn, Klassekampen Bokmagasinet

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Author Marte Qvenild

Marte Qvenild (b. 1977) made her debut in 2021 with the novel The Summer Party, a novel that has received great reviews and was awarded «Summer Book of the Year» by the paper Dagens Nærlingsliv.

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