Blodets Bånd

by Lars Saabye Christensen

Blodets bånd er en tett, intens thriller med en febril Oslo-atmosfære.

Den nyutdannede juristen Ernst Smith vil gjerne gjøre gode gjerninger. Han setter inn en annonse i avisen: Juridisk assitanse - råd - bistand - ring Ernst Smith. Det er bare ett menneske som ringer. Men det er mer enn nok.

Genres: Novels

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

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

[Steven Christensen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spenningen er ikke-eksisterende. I tillegg er karakterene og relasjonene mellom dem flate og uinteressante.

Boken er likevel svært fornøyelig å lese. Lars Saabye Christensen har en skrivestil som er drivende, og vittigheten jeg ofte setter pris på hos han er definitivt til stedet. Til tross for at jeg synes relasjonene er uinteressante, synes jeg dialogene for det meste er godt skrevet.

Selv om jeg ender opp på 3 stjerner var det definitivt en positiv leseopplevelse.

[Heidi Holtan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mørk trist bok fra Oslo gater. Grunnen jeg leste den var for å hovedpersonen i Jokeren av Saabye skulle visst ha en birolle i denne (kilde: Bokelskere.no). Men jeg fant han ikke.
Liker at Saabye skriver med så korte og konsise setninger. Men ellers er det ikke så mye jeg liker.