Sorgen i St. Peter Ording

by Ingvar Ambjørnsen

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Sorgen i St. Peter Ording

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction

116 pages, Hardcover

First published July 31, 2025

About the author

Ingvar Even Ambjørnsen-Haefs (1956-2025) was a Norwegian writer. He is best known for his "Elling" tetralogy: Utsikt til paradiset (1993), Fugledansen (1995), Brødre i blodet (1996), and Elsk meg i morgen (1999).

Brødre i blodet ("Blood brothers") was turned into a successful movie, entitled Elling, which received an Oscar nomination in the Best Foreign Film category in 2001. The English translation of the novel is called Beyond the Great Indoors.

His debut novel was a semi-autobiography called 23-salen ("The 23rd Row"), in which he criticized Norway's efforts to take care of psychically challenged individuals. In all his novels he has spoken the outsiders' cause, as he did in his break-through novel Hvite Niggere ("White Niggers") in 1986. The novel is about a young man who leads a life somewhat on the edges of normal society.

He is also known for the youth's book series "Pelle og Proffen" which circles around two detective teenagers, getting involved in all kinds of mysteries or crimes involving drugs, pollution and neo-Nazism among other things. He started this project after having read some of Franklin W. Dixon's books about The Hardy Boys. The books Døden på Oslo S, Giftige Løgner, and De Blå Ulvene of this series were also turned into successful movies. In 2005 the book Drapene i Barkvik ("The murders in Barkvik") appeared, about the teenager Fillip Moberg attempting to solve an axe murder in a small Norwegian village.

Ambjørnsen has received many prizes for his writing. Among them is the prize for the 80s best book for children and young adults (Pelle and Proffen books), the Tabu prize in 2001, Telenor Culture Award 2002, and the Brage Prize 1995.

His three Samson and Roberto books have become particularly popular in Russia, in part due to the illustrations by Nikolai Vorontsov, which also contribute carefully orchestrated local Russian-related colloquialisms to the stories.

Reviews

[Kari · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ingvar Ambjørnsen skriver jo godt, som alltid. Men denne teksten oser innrøkt fyll og angst. Ikke min type bok. Kanskje jeg er mer lik Elling enn Ingvar?

[Wilhelm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Et vanvittig godt språk. Novellene er en rekke historier som sentrerer rundt ensomhet, og nostalgiske refleksjoner om tidligere hendelser i ens liv etter som en blir eldre? Denne novellesamlingen var veldig fin.

[| M a r v i k k i s | · Rating 3 out of 5]

[3.25 / 5.0] ★★★✩✩
Ebok, Norsk (Bokmål), Bookbites/Biblioteket

[Johanne Volden · Rating 2 out of 5]

Noveller du leser i norsktimen på vgs vibes

[Marius Emanuelsen · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Venus Milo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ikke min stil🥲men hvil i fred til ikonet du er, Ambjørnsen

[Eirik Vinje · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tidvis gnistrende språk redder (stort sett) Ambjørnsens siste dystopionani fra parodien. Det ble tydeligvis bekmørkt på slutten. Men mørke uten nyanser blir kjedelig. Novellen "På Bunnen" er imidlertid ganske morsom i sine hysteriske overdrivelser i beskrivelsen av en alkiskneipe; jeg er imidlertid usikker på om komikken er frivillig. De tre siste tiårene av Ambjørnsens forfatterskap gikk stort sett på tomgang, og det oppsummeres greit her.

[Esso · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5

[Hilde · Rating 4 out of 5]

Det er tiår siden sist jeg leste noe av Ambjørnsen. Etter å ha lest disse novellene nå ble jeg minnet på hvorfor jeg likte så godt å lese bøkene hans på 80- og 90-tallet. Språket hans er så godt!

[Truls Tørnblom Toftevåg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dårlig stemning har grep om mitt sinn
Og lyset slipper ei inn

[Hegere · Rating 4 out of 5]

noveller kan være litt krevende. det var et par jeg slet med, resten var fine. særlig tittelnovellen.

[Brede Fristad · Rating 5 out of 5]

🌟✌🏼

[Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Noen gode og noen ikke fullt så. Liker skog og hav som tema, den brune puben orka jeg ikke.

[Leif Harboe]

Tja, vi leser den i litteraturgruppa. Litt uferdig, mye rus og død.

[Eirik Bergesen · Rating 4 out of 5]

His last book. An author preparing to die. Settled, but with sorrow. Still unsentimental. The last short story was particularly moving.