Byens bokstaver: dikt

by Lars Saabye Christensen

Noen ting kan bare poesien fange opp. Etter tre bind med medrivende prosa om Oslo og en familie, kommer Saabye Christensen med en diktsamling fra samme by.

Byens bokstaver er en samling med dikt som lar byen synge.


BAGATELL

Hvis jeg skulle prøve, jeg

understreker prøve

å samle alle minnene jeg har om

denne byen

i ett eneste bilde

må det være lyset

som akkurat tar meg igjen

der jeg sykler rundt i skolegården

på Uranienborg en øde ettermiddag

midt i sommerferien

mens resten av verden

er på landet

eller månen

Genres: Poetry

80 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2020

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

[Vivi Renate Audsdotter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Elsker det. Rett og slett.

[Lise Amalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helt fantastisk. Forventer intet mindre fra Lars Saabye Christensen

[Terje · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mens vi venter på Byens spor bind 4. En nydelig diktsamling for oss som sjelden leser dikt, men som ikke får nok av Saabye Christensens melankolske og poetiske beskrivelser av Norges eneste by.