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Verden er ikke til å stole på. Politikken er ugjenkjennelig, terrenget stemmer ikke med kartet. Et steg ut i luften, trappetrinnet som ikke er der likevel. Å nesten sovne, men plutselig rykkes våken igjen. Det finnes uromomenter.
I de seks fortellingene i Jan Grues nye novellesamling blir metaforer til virkelighet, mens virkeligheten blir fordreid av teknologiutviklingen – og den allestedsnærværende, eksistensielle usikkerheten. I Uromomenter viser forfatteren seg nok en gang som en klartseende og skarp iakttager av sosialt samspill og moderne mennesketyper.
I de seks fortellingene i Jan Grues nye novellesamling blir metaforer til virkelighet, mens virkeligheten blir fordreid av teknologiutviklingen – og den allestedsnærværende, eksistensielle usikkerheten. I Uromomenter viser forfatteren seg nok en gang som en klartseende og skarp iakttager av sosialt samspill og moderne mennesketyper.
160 pages
Published January 1, 2019
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Jan Grue
23 books106 followersAuthor and academic.
My work deals first of all with embodiment - with what it means to be a body in an endlessly complex world. I've worked in various genres, combining literary exploration and elements of science fiction and speculative fiction, publishing five short story collections, a novel, and several children's books.
My book of autobiographical non-fiction, I Live a Life Like Yours, was first published in Norwegian in 2018. “The book will, in all likelihood, linger as a mile stone signifying that a new maturity is reaching autobiographical literature in Norwegian non-fiction,” wrote Morgenbladet’s Ane Farsethås. Dagbladet’s reviewer called the book ”a literary masterpiece that I recommend in the strongest terms!”, giving the book five stars. The book went on to win the Literary Critics’ Award and has been nominated to the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize – as the first Norwegian non-fiction book in 50 years. The English translation, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, will be available in August, 2021.
My work deals first of all with embodiment - with what it means to be a body in an endlessly complex world. I've worked in various genres, combining literary exploration and elements of science fiction and speculative fiction, publishing five short story collections, a novel, and several children's books.
My book of autobiographical non-fiction, I Live a Life Like Yours, was first published in Norwegian in 2018. “The book will, in all likelihood, linger as a mile stone signifying that a new maturity is reaching autobiographical literature in Norwegian non-fiction,” wrote Morgenbladet’s Ane Farsethås. Dagbladet’s reviewer called the book ”a literary masterpiece that I recommend in the strongest terms!”, giving the book five stars. The book went on to win the Literary Critics’ Award and has been nominated to the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize – as the first Norwegian non-fiction book in 50 years. The English translation, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, will be available in August, 2021.
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November 20, 2021
This is a great collection of six short stories. They all deal both with the uncertainties of life and with the determination to live life to the fullest. I enjoyed all six of them.
March 7, 2025
finurlig, smart og sylskarp novellesamling. når mystikken og det menneskelige blandes inn er den helt eksepsjonell
February 27, 2024
Traff meg aldri heilt.
December 22, 2019
Sondre Larsen Hirth rated it 28.11.2019
En samling noveller med et skråblikk på vår egen samtid. Novellene har et unikt språk som gir dem et selvstendig liv, men de har alle til felles en tematisk uro i ulike deler av samfunnet. Godt skrevet av Grue. Anbefales.
En samling noveller med et skråblikk på vår egen samtid. Novellene har et unikt språk som gir dem et selvstendig liv, men de har alle til felles en tematisk uro i ulike deler av samfunnet. Godt skrevet av Grue. Anbefales.
March 10, 2020
ikke lik kvalitet på alle novellene
min utålmodige hjerne likte å bytte historier ofte
min utålmodige hjerne likte å bytte historier ofte
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews