Hva er det med mor av Vigdis Hjorth (Heftet)
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What's with mother? (Heftet)

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Vigdis Hjorth

Norwegian title: Hva er det med mor
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Binding: Heftet
Year: 2017
Pages: 128
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Språk: Bokmål
ISBN/EAN: 9788202544249
Overview Hva er det med mor
Through this unusually well-written portrait, which is both heart-wrenching and provocative, we meet the teenager Marit, who is continuously being asked, "What kind of mother do you have anyway?" This is exactly the question she keeps asking herself.
“Vigdis Hjorth has written a challenging, provoking, ruthlessly revealing, brave and beautiful book about an alcoholic mother and her teenage daughter. (…) It is a novel full of insight that Hjorth has written. It is at the same time damned provoking and heartbreakingly gripping. (…) “What´s with mother?” is a book that stays with you after you put it down. It challenges, creates discomfort and it still brings joy.”

DAGSAVISEN

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Reviews Hva er det med mor

«Vigdis Hjorth har skrevet en utfordrende, provoserende, hensynsløst utleverende, modig og vakker bok om en alkoholisert mor og hennes tenårigsdatter […] Det er en innsiktsfull og klok roman Hjorth har skrevet. Den er på samme tid både fandenivoldsk provoserende og hjerteskjærende gripende. […] Hva er det med mor er en bok som ikke straks forlater deg når du legger den fra deg. Den utfordrer den skaper ubehag, og den gir glede."

Turid Larsen, Dagsavisen

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Author Vigdis Hjorth

Vigdis Hjorth (b. 1959) has over several decades been one of Norway’s most important authors. She published her debut in 1983 in form of the children’s book Pelle-Ragnar and the Yellow Building, for which she received the Norwegian Cultural Council’s Debut Prize. Since then, she has had a prolific and award-winning authorship, writing for both children and adults. She has won several awards in Norway and has been nominated twice for the Nordic Council Literature Prize so far, for Will and Testament (2016) and Is Mother Dead (2020).

Hjorth writes existential books about human conditions and life choices, and throws a sharp gaze at current topics in the contemporary time. With novels such as Long Live the Post Horn! (2012) she has made her mark as a fearless political author. Her big breakthrough came in 2016 with Will and Testament, which became an instant favourite among literature critics as well as a huge sales success. In this novel Hjorth writes about complicated family relationships, about violation and liberation in close relationships, and the right to own one’s own story. Will and Testament was nominated for the National Book Award and Millions Best Translated Book Award when it was published in the US and the UK in 2019. In 2022 Is Mother Dead came out in English, and it was longlisted for the 2023 International Booker Award. Hjorth’s novels have been translated into more than 30 languages.

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