Tredje person entall av Vigdis Hjorth (Innbundet)

Third Person Singular (Innbundet)

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Vigdis Hjorth

Norwegian title: Tredje person entall
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Binding: Innbundet
Year: 2008
Pages: 426
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Språk: Bokmål
ISBN/EAN: 9788202289652
Overview Tredje person entall

Hulda Kråkefjær comes from a gifted family. But it is clear that things are not looking good for her: despite her degree in philosophy and her literary talent, Hulda’s love life has shipwrecked more than once. She spends too much time in dingy pubs drinking herself senseless and doing things she regrets. Hulda Kråkefjær is on a path to self-destruction. Why have things gone so badly for her? How could things have gone differently? To what extent can one steer fate?

Third Person Singular is a dark story told with lots of energy and humor.

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Reviews Tredje person entall

Skånselsløst ærlig

"Gode skildringer av studietid og en nødvendig skilmisse, tette skildringer av alkoholens lindring og forbannelse."

 
Trine Styve Varlo, Haugesunds Avis

"Tredje person entall er både underholdende og mørkt tragisk, skrevet i en medrivende form og et språk som understreker handlingen. Den blir aldri kjedelig."

Asbjørn Ringer, Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen

"I sine siste romaner har Vigdis Hjorth balet med eksistensielle spørsmål, og hun har ikke vært redd for å kombinere høyt og lavt, hverdag og høytid. I Tredje person entall skriver hun på en overbevisende måte frem smerten over tilværelsens uutholdelig letthet."

Anne Cathrine Straume, P2

"Jeg er imponert over Vigdis Hjorth. Med sin nye roman Tredje person entall viser hun en språklig og kunstnerisk side jeg knapt har sett i hennes bøker tidligere."

Finn Stenstad, Tønsbergs Blad

"Vigdis Hjorth er en eksepsjonelt god forteller. Hun skriver klart, skarpt og klokt, underholdende og skremmende presist. Hjorth har en evne til å fange situasjoner og erfaringer i språk som gjør at man sitter og tenker: akkurat sånn er det."

Marie G. Aubert, Aftenposten

"Hjorth forsker, som før, på kreftene som herjer i menneskene. Hun er en skarpsindig forfatter, og det hele er underholdende, intenst og velskrevet."

Maya Troberg Djuve, Dagbladet

"En bred og dyp roman fra Vigdis Hjort, som med sin særegne begavelse avdekker borgerskapets diskré sjarm. Hun har skrevet en roman som berører og imponerer."

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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