Het motief

by Herbjørg Wassmo, Paula Stevens (Translator)

Wassmo vertelt de levensverhalen van vier vrouwen die op de drempel staan van een nieuwe fase in hun leven. Eenzaamheid, verraad, ziekte en dood bepalen hun bestaan. Ze hebben de keus: hun ervaringen verwerken of eraan ten onder gaan.

Genres: Short Stories, Scandinavian Literature

158 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Herbjørg Wassmo (born Vesterålen, December 6, 1942) is a Norwegian author. She worked as a teacher in northern Norway until her debut as an author. Her debut work was a collection of poems, "Vingeslag" ("Beating of Wings"). Her major breakthrough was her first novel, "Huset med den blinde glassveranda" ("The House with the Blind Glass Porch") in 1981.
Her best known book is Dinas bok (Dina's Book) from 1989. This novel was made into a film with the title "I Am Dina" in 2002, starring Maria Bonnevie and Gérard Depardieu.

Reviews

[Ché · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Het ogenblik? De nakende dag door het raam. Een niets. Een beginnend alles.”

[Grada (BoekenTrol) · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked this book, like most of the books by Wassmo. The story I liked best is The Bridge, that was, for some readon the one that appealed to me most, The Motive was to me second best. Even though I liked the book, I didn't like all its contents: The Appartment was strange and The Journey not interesting.
So the like-not particularly like for this book is 50-50.

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Bogens fire noveller handler om rejser på forskellige måder. Den lægger godt ud med med Lejligheden, lidt mindre godt med Broen. De sidste to Rejsen og motivet kedede mig. Wassmo har et flot sprog men Rejser blev desværre kedelige i længden

[Dorthe Svendsen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Min styrke er ikke noveller eller veldig små historier, denne ble ikke min favoritt. Hadde litt forhåpninger til større fysiske reiser enn det viste seg å være også!