Il giusto

by Helene Uri, Lucia Barni (Translator)

Il giudice Edvard Frisbakke è cresciuto nella certezza di saper distinguere il bene dal male. E' a lui che si rivolge Marianne Wiig quando scopre che il marito Karsten la tradisce ed è assalita da un angoscioso sospetto per l'incolumità delle figlie. Ma Karsten è realmente colpevole? Può il giudizio essere davvero equo? Helene Uri affronta con grande tatto un tema delicato, raccontandoci in un sapiente intreccio di colpa e innocenza le mille prospettive della verità e dell'amore.

Genres: Fiction, Roman

299 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Helene Uri is a Norwegian linguist, novelist, and children's writer. She has published a number of novels, children's books and young adult novels, as well as nonfiction books.

She is a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature, board member of the Norwegian Language Council, and jury member of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize.

Reviews

[Rebecka · Rating 4 out of 5]

The low average rating of this book surprises me - as does the low number of ratings. Helene Uri is after all, as I see it, one of the more famous authors in Norway! But perhaps no one bothering to read and rate her books is to be expected in this country, where people seemingly only read crime stories...? Or are Norwegians really that slow to latch on to Goodreads?

Anyway - this is a really well-written book. Helene Uri (a linguist who left academia, by the way, which is awesome in itself) writes well in all possible ways: her language is quite impressive (I've never read contemporary Norwegian prose in bokmål where I stumble upon so many words I don't know! Usually there's perhaps one word in an entire book, here there were a dozen!), her pacing is impeccable, her structuring of the narrative impressive, and even though you know how this book will end - since it begins with the ending - you have to continue reading to see what it was that caused it. Information is very skilfully portioned out throughout the text; you always have to read a little bit more to get a little bit more clarity. And things continue to slowly turn - your sympathies change this way and that, you realize what has actually happened, and it's all just so well done.

When I picked this up, I really believed it was another one of Uri's books, one I absolutely must read, but I'm still happy I read this. I may have to read all of her books, actually.

[Siri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hadde ikke satt meg inn i hva denne boka egentlig handler om, før jeg gikk løs på den.....derfor ble det en ganske sterk opplevelse! Får flashback til Bjugn-saken og grøsser, griner....

Dette er ingen koselig bok, men en velskrevet og virkelighetstro bok som en ikke glemmer så lett!

[Thomas Haaland · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thought-provoking and quite touching about a dark and difficult topic, but somehow - surprisingly - it felt really clumsily written. There were elements that worked well, like the opening starting with the ending, and the few times things were actually left unsaid and our brains start spinning. But overall, the wordy, rambling prose went into far too much detail, left far too few things unsaid, got repetitive, broke up the flow of the narrative, and left me not appreciating this book quite as much as I though I would.

[Gitte Rylund · Rating 1 out of 5]

Emnet er interessant, men formidlet med langsommelighed, formulerings- og stavefejl jævnt gennem bogen. Hvis ikke det var fordi jeg var på ferie var den aldrig blevet læst færdig.

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

*3.5 stars*

[Marie Balan · Rating 2 out of 5]

bien écrit mais je reste confuse : où voulait réellement en venir l'auteure ? On ne sait que trop bien qu'il y a seulement que très peu de fausses accusations, alors quel est le but ? Nous faire croire que ça s'est passé pour ensuite l'innocenter, pas terrible comme choix... déligitimer la parole et la mémoire d'un enfant ? Encore pire

[Marite Juul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helene Uri er en sylskarp og nådeløs observatør av menneskers usympatiske sider, og derfor er det en blandet fornøyelse å lese bøkene hennes. At fornøyelsen er blandet, er ikke det samme som å si at hun ikke skriver godt, for det gjør hun. I denne hjerteskjærende historien blir den kronisk utro Karsten beskyldt av sin dramatisk anlagte kone Marianne for å ha forgrepet seg på døtrene deres. Som en moderne Medea straffer hun ektemannen på den verst tenkelige måten. Godt hjulpet av skråsikre leger og en advokat med en unnlatelsessynd på samvittigheten.

[Petra Kruijt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Something about Helene Uri just 'clicks' with me. I loved 'De beste blant ons' (which I read in Dutch under the literally translated title 'De besten onder ons') and therefore decided to pick up another one of her books, hoping it would appeal to me just as much. It did. 'Beschuldigd' (again, Dutch title) is a moving tale that sparked something inside me. Also, of course, the writing is very good. That last paragraph before the final flashback is just so moving. I want to cut that out of the book and put it in a frame.

[Gerda · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good read. About a couple with two young daughters. The couple separates and the mother has some vague feelings that something is not as it should be between a father and his daughters. She gets help from doctors and others and decides to sue her ex for abusing his daughters. The book is very well written, going back and forth in time for all people concerned which provides an understanding for the way they respond to the situation.

[Frederik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Une description efficace sur les effets néfastes d’une fausse accusation de pédophilie. Donc, une sorte de version littéraire norvégienne de “La Chasse” de Thomas Vinterberg avec Mads Mikkelsen, car personne ne gagne dans ce genre de situation.