Gutten Som Ville Være En Av Gutta

by Lars Saabye Christensen

Norwegian

Genres: Fiction

130 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Lars Saabye Christensen is a gifted storyteller, a narrator who is imaginative, but equally down to earth. His realism alternates between poetic image and ingenious incident, conveyed in supple metropolitan language and slang that never smacks of the artificial or forced. His heroes possess a good deal of self-irony. Indeed, critics have drawn parallels with the black humour of Woody Allen. But beneath the liveliness of his portrayal melancholy always lurks in the books.
Since his début in 1976 Saabye Christensen has written ten collections of poetry, five collections of short stories and twelve novels. His great break through came with the novel Beatles in 1984. The book store sale of over 200,000 copies of the Norwegian edition has made this one of the greatest commercial successes in Norway, and it was voted the best novel of the last 25 years by Dagbladet's readers in 2006.
In the same year, His Majesty King Lars appointed Lars Saabye Christensen as Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav for his distinguished contributions to Norwegian literature.
In 2018, he received Oslo’s highest honor, the St. Hallvard Medal, for his prolific writing career spanning over 40 years, with many of his books set in Oslo, the author’s own city.
His books have been translated into 36 languages.

Reviews

[Silje]

søt bok

[Stine]

Skrudd banan i vinkel’n!

[Amalie Darling]

Sjov lille bog

[Trine Hegre]

En kort, men innholdsrik bok som touchet bort i nostalgien. De detaljerte beskrivelsene av en barndomstid med lange sommerferier og frykten for å drite seg ut, ikke være regnet med og ønske om å bevise at man får til noe har mange av oss erfart. Med både hverdagslige små utfordringer og en større livsomvelting for hovedkarakteren blir man lett revet med. Ble Otto en av gutta? Det håper jeg

[Eva Lavrikova]

Christensen s charakteristickým popisom bežného života obyčajného chlapca v uliciach Osla. Civilné, a predsa presvedčivé, miestami smutné, a predsa príjemné. Christensen je majstrom popisu každodennosti. Veľmi mám rada ten jeho svet.

[Cecilie Tronvoll]

Such a sweet book. Loved the main character, and really connected with home. I loved the way the novel was written and would really enjoy to read more by this author

[Merete Bratsberg Aae]

En fotballfortelling. Eller egentlig en fortelling om være utenfor, om å øve og øve. Om å drite seg ut.

I denne historia får du typiske Lars Saabye Christensen-ingredienser; dårlig samvittighet, et flyttebyrå som skal få et stort piano ned en trapp og klokker.

Jeg likte boka godt. Hørte den i Kim Haugens fine innlesning.

[Halvor (Raknes)]

Sjarmerende bok. Velskrevet. Lest i en fei!

[Camilla Rosseland]

Enda en fin liten fortelling om oppvekst på Frogner. Anbefales.

[Tone]

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[Marie]

Saabye Christensen har også skrevet filmmanuset basert på denne boka:
"Ti kniver i hjertet", som er min favoritt norske film gjennom tidene.

[Per Westby]

Lett-lest er den ialfall...

[Ine Espevik]

A nice, little story about being a young boy.

[Glenn-Arild Grimsby]

Bra bok særlig de siste kapitlene var meget gode.