Hjem, sier hunden

by Gro Dahle

I denne viltre, rike og undersøkende diktsamlingen spenner Gro Dahle opp et stort lerret og viser oss hva som fins innenfor veggene – og hva som kan forsvinne ut.

Et hjem der døra er åpen, et hjem der vinduene er mørke, et hjem med dyne, et hjem som lages av to, et hjem der mennesker bråker, et hjem der en kan være alene, et hjem med en trone, et hjem med en hund. I hjemmet samles alle historier.

Genres: Poetry

144 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2019

About the author

Gro Dahle (born 15 May 1962) is a Norwegian poet and writer.

She was born in Oslo, and is a daughter of Øystein Dahle. She made her literary début in 1987 with Audiens (Audience), a collection of poetry. Since then Dahle has written over 30 books in different genres, among them a series of picture books for children in collaboration with her husband, Norwegian illustrator Svein Nyhus.

Gro Dahle has received several national awards for her work. In 1999 she was the official festival poet at the Bergen International Festival. In 2002 she won the Brage Prize for literature for Snill (Nice), a picture book for children, and in 2003 the Best Children’s Book Prize from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture for Sinna Mann (Angry Man), a book about a boy witnessing domestic violence.
Dahle is a stylistically naïve, imaginative and burlesque writer often focusing on psychological problems and relations. She lives and works on the island Tjøme. Dahle also gives lectures in creative writing in Norway and Sweden.

Reviews

[Sophia · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,5
Utrolig rause, varme og fine dikt om «hjem» og det å «være hjemmet» og alt det betyr. Vel verdt å lese!

[ESTER PRAT · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not going to give this a big review because I am not fluent in norwegian so I wouldn't be giving it justice. But from what I've understood, it sticks too much with the very same topic all the time and it's quite poor and weak poetry in general.