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Incubus
Romanen er første gang utgitt i 1991 og er en utgave i Stig Sæterbakkens samlede verk. Incubus var Stig Sæterbakkens romandebut. Han var da 25 år. Romanen forteller om en ung mann som leter etter et fotfeste i verden, et fotfeste som glapp da hans kjæreste Maria døde.
154 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
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About the author
Stig Sæterbakken
48 books65 followersStig Sæterbakken was a Norwegian author. He published his first book at the age of 18, a collection of poems called Floating Umbrellas, while still attending Lillehammer Senior High School. In 1991, Sæterbakken released his first novel, Incubus, followed by The New Testament in 1993. Aestethic Bliss (1994) collected five years of work as an essayist.
Sæterbakken returned to prose in 1997 with the novel Siamese, which marks a significant departure in his style. The following year saw the release of Self-Control. And in 1999, he published Sauermugg. The three books, the S-trilogy—as they are often called—were published in a collected edition in 2000.
In February 2001, Sæterbakken's second collection of essays, The Evil Eye was released. As with Aestethic Bliss this book also represents a summing up and a closing of a new phase in the authorship. In many ways the essays throw light on Sæterbakken's own prose over the last years, the S-trilogy in particular.
Siamese was released in Sweden by Vertigo. Vertigo followed up with a translation of Sauermugg in April 2007. This edition, however, was different from the Norwegian original. It included some of the later published Sauermugg-monologues, together with left overs from the time the book was written, about 50 pages of new material all together. The expanded edition was entitled Sauermugg Redux. Siamese has since been translated into Danish, Czech and English.
Sæterbakken's last books were the novels The Visit, Invisible Hands, and Don't Leave Me. He was awarded the Osloprisen (Oslo Prize) in 2006 for The Visit. Invisible Hands was nominated for both the P2-listener's Novel prize and Youth's Critics' Prize in 2007. The same year he was awarded the Critics Prize and Bokklubbene's Translationprize for his translation of Nikanor Teratologen's Eldreomsorgen i Øvre Kågedalen.
Sæterbakken was artistic director of The Norwegian Festival of Literature from 2006 until October 2008, when he resigned owing to the controversy which arose when David Irving was invited to the festival in 2009.
Sæterbakken's books were released and translated in several countries, among them Russia and US. April 2009 Flamme Forlag released an essay by Sæterbakken, in their series of book-singles, called Yes. No. Yes.
Sæterbakken committed suicide on January 24, 2012, aged 46.
Sæterbakken returned to prose in 1997 with the novel Siamese, which marks a significant departure in his style. The following year saw the release of Self-Control. And in 1999, he published Sauermugg. The three books, the S-trilogy—as they are often called—were published in a collected edition in 2000.
In February 2001, Sæterbakken's second collection of essays, The Evil Eye was released. As with Aestethic Bliss this book also represents a summing up and a closing of a new phase in the authorship. In many ways the essays throw light on Sæterbakken's own prose over the last years, the S-trilogy in particular.
Siamese was released in Sweden by Vertigo. Vertigo followed up with a translation of Sauermugg in April 2007. This edition, however, was different from the Norwegian original. It included some of the later published Sauermugg-monologues, together with left overs from the time the book was written, about 50 pages of new material all together. The expanded edition was entitled Sauermugg Redux. Siamese has since been translated into Danish, Czech and English.
Sæterbakken's last books were the novels The Visit, Invisible Hands, and Don't Leave Me. He was awarded the Osloprisen (Oslo Prize) in 2006 for The Visit. Invisible Hands was nominated for both the P2-listener's Novel prize and Youth's Critics' Prize in 2007. The same year he was awarded the Critics Prize and Bokklubbene's Translationprize for his translation of Nikanor Teratologen's Eldreomsorgen i Øvre Kågedalen.
Sæterbakken was artistic director of The Norwegian Festival of Literature from 2006 until October 2008, when he resigned owing to the controversy which arose when David Irving was invited to the festival in 2009.
Sæterbakken's books were released and translated in several countries, among them Russia and US. April 2009 Flamme Forlag released an essay by Sæterbakken, in their series of book-singles, called Yes. No. Yes.
Sæterbakken committed suicide on January 24, 2012, aged 46.
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April 20, 2021
ganske ujevnt, ganske juvenilt, men det må da værra lov, han var jo bare 25
May 13, 2018
1.5 stjerner. // Denne romanen forteller om en ung mann som leter etter et fotfeste i verden. Et fotfeste som glapp da hans kjæreste Maria døde.
Jeg føler det er litt enten eller med meg og Stig Sæterbakken. Enten så synes jeg bøkene hans er så uforståelig bra, ellers er de helt grei. Denne synes jeg var helt OK. Jeg opplevde ikke at boken faktisk handlet om det beskrivelsen tilsier, og jeg ble til tider veldig forvirret og forstod egentlig ikke hva forfatteren ville formidle.
Jeg måtte slite meg gjennom den, og det er noe av det verste jeg vet når jeg leser bøker. Det var noen veldig fine og vakre setninger og beskrivelser litt her og der, men langt ifra nok til at helhetsinntrykket ble noe særlig. En veldig rotete bok uten oppsett eller orden. Det kan for all del funke i mange tilfeller, men det funket dessverre ikke her. For meg, i hvert fall.
Dette er ikke en dårlig bok, og jeg hatet den ikke, men den var bare ikke for meg.
Jeg føler det er litt enten eller med meg og Stig Sæterbakken. Enten så synes jeg bøkene hans er så uforståelig bra, ellers er de helt grei. Denne synes jeg var helt OK. Jeg opplevde ikke at boken faktisk handlet om det beskrivelsen tilsier, og jeg ble til tider veldig forvirret og forstod egentlig ikke hva forfatteren ville formidle.
Jeg måtte slite meg gjennom den, og det er noe av det verste jeg vet når jeg leser bøker. Det var noen veldig fine og vakre setninger og beskrivelser litt her og der, men langt ifra nok til at helhetsinntrykket ble noe særlig. En veldig rotete bok uten oppsett eller orden. Det kan for all del funke i mange tilfeller, men det funket dessverre ikke her. For meg, i hvert fall.
Dette er ikke en dårlig bok, og jeg hatet den ikke, men den var bare ikke for meg.
February 3, 2015
Fremstår som den er skrevet av en pretensiøs 16-åring. Struktur? Oppskrytt, visst. Innholdhold, handling? Likeså.
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