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Opp Oridongo
Til en liten øy på Nordvestlandet ankommer en dag en mann med hatt og koffert. Han er rundt femti, har tatt et nytt navn og lagt fortiden bak seg. Han har fått et par brev fra en kvinne på øya, om å komme på besøk. Men Ulf Vågsvik har pakket for å bli.
Opp Oridongo er en vakker og urovekkende roman om et lite samfunn som rystes av dramatiske hendelser. Og en helt spesiell kjærlighetshistorie.
Opp Oridongo er en vakker og urovekkende roman om et lite samfunn som rystes av dramatiske hendelser. Og en helt spesiell kjærlighetshistorie.
- GenresFiction
272 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2009
About the author
Ingvar Ambjørnsen
98 books264 followersIngvar Even Ambjørnsen-Haefs (1956-2025) was a Norwegian writer. He is best known for his "Elling" tetralogy: Utsikt til paradiset (1993), Fugledansen (1995), Brødre i blodet (1996), and Elsk meg i morgen (1999).
Brødre i blodet ("Blood brothers") was turned into a successful movie, entitled Elling, which received an Oscar nomination in the Best Foreign Film category in 2001. The English translation of the novel is called Beyond the Great Indoors.
His debut novel was a semi-autobiography called 23-salen ("The 23rd Row"), in which he criticized Norway's efforts to take care of psychically challenged individuals. In all his novels he has spoken the outsiders' cause, as he did in his break-through novel Hvite Niggere ("White Niggers") in 1986. The novel is about a young man who leads a life somewhat on the edges of normal society.
He is also known for the youth's book series "Pelle og Proffen" which circles around two detective teenagers, getting involved in all kinds of mysteries or crimes involving drugs, pollution and neo-Nazism among other things. He started this project after having read some of Franklin W. Dixon's books about The Hardy Boys. The books Døden på Oslo S, Giftige Løgner, and De Blå Ulvene of this series were also turned into successful movies. In 2005 the book Drapene i Barkvik ("The murders in Barkvik") appeared, about the teenager Fillip Moberg attempting to solve an axe murder in a small Norwegian village.
Ambjørnsen has received many prizes for his writing. Among them is the prize for the 80s best book for children and young adults (Pelle and Proffen books), the Tabu prize in 2001, Telenor Culture Award 2002, and the Brage Prize 1995.
His three Samson and Roberto books have become particularly popular in Russia, in part due to the illustrations by Nikolai Vorontsov, which also contribute carefully orchestrated local Russian-related colloquialisms to the stories.
Brødre i blodet ("Blood brothers") was turned into a successful movie, entitled Elling, which received an Oscar nomination in the Best Foreign Film category in 2001. The English translation of the novel is called Beyond the Great Indoors.
His debut novel was a semi-autobiography called 23-salen ("The 23rd Row"), in which he criticized Norway's efforts to take care of psychically challenged individuals. In all his novels he has spoken the outsiders' cause, as he did in his break-through novel Hvite Niggere ("White Niggers") in 1986. The novel is about a young man who leads a life somewhat on the edges of normal society.
He is also known for the youth's book series "Pelle og Proffen" which circles around two detective teenagers, getting involved in all kinds of mysteries or crimes involving drugs, pollution and neo-Nazism among other things. He started this project after having read some of Franklin W. Dixon's books about The Hardy Boys. The books Døden på Oslo S, Giftige Løgner, and De Blå Ulvene of this series were also turned into successful movies. In 2005 the book Drapene i Barkvik ("The murders in Barkvik") appeared, about the teenager Fillip Moberg attempting to solve an axe murder in a small Norwegian village.
Ambjørnsen has received many prizes for his writing. Among them is the prize for the 80s best book for children and young adults (Pelle and Proffen books), the Tabu prize in 2001, Telenor Culture Award 2002, and the Brage Prize 1995.
His three Samson and Roberto books have become particularly popular in Russia, in part due to the illustrations by Nikolai Vorontsov, which also contribute carefully orchestrated local Russian-related colloquialisms to the stories.
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November 22, 2023
Jada, dette er vel Elling dette og! Som alltid flotte skildringer fra Ingvar Ambjørnsen ✍️
December 19, 2023
Og korrrr vart redaktøren a.
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August 1, 2011Ambjørnsens nyeste roman tar opp igjen stemninga fra bøkene om Elling. En morsom historie med mange såre punkt som gir innsikt i karakterer litt utenom det vanlige. Bokas hovedperson, Ulf Vågsvik, har unektelig mange likhetstrekk med Elling, ikke minst de underfundige indre monologene hvor han diskuterer ting fullstendig ut av kontekst med seg sjøl. Til tross for at man etterhvert får vite at Ulf Vågsvik er et navn hovedpersonen har tatt seg i seinere tid, blir det aldri bekreftet at det virkelig er Elling det er snakk om. Forfatteren selv nekter også å bekrefte/avkrefte temaet. Men likte du bøkene om Elling kan denne anbefales varmt!
August 5, 2011
Elling er tilbake! Jeg kan ikke skjønne noe annet. Denne boken er veldig fin. Fullspekket av de fantastiske indre monologene som vi kjenner fra Elling-bøkene og boken er som sådan både veldig morsom og sår på en gang. Jeg liker rammen meget godt også; den halvskrudde, men hjertegode middelaldrende bygutten Ulf Vågsvik er kommet til en lite øysamfunn på nordvestlandet. Før han kommer har han bestemt seg for å flytte inn til sin kvinne og bli der resten av livet. Hun kjenner ikke hans planer. Ikke engang at han kommer. Ulf lovpriser hverdagens trivialiteter på en god rørende måte og representerer en sann stemme for dem som mestrer å se det store i de små ting!
February 25, 2010
Ord blir en lek i hans bøker, et sinnets lek som alle kjenner seg delvis igjen i... Han har gått noen runder med seg selv.
February 27, 2011
Maybe a bit slow in the beginning, but it gets better and better, and especially towards the end I found it deeply moving. Nice to "meet" Elling again - at least I am pretty sure it's him!
July 21, 2016
Jeg elsker Ambjørnsens skrivestil og karaktergalleri. Med denne boka har han gjort det igjen; skapt en lunefull og dramatisk historie, mot et dempet og heller lite sensasjonelt bakteppe.
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