Before I Burn

In 1970s Norway, an arsonist targets a small town for one long, terrifying month. One by one, buildings go up in flames. Suspicion spreads among the neighbors as they wonder if one of their own is responsible. Amid the chaos, only a day before the last house is set afire, the community comes together for the christening of a young boy named Gaute Heivoll. As he grows up, stories about the time of fear and fire become deeply ingrained in his young mind until, as an adult, he begins to retell the story.

Product details

• Authors: Gaute Heivoll, Gaute/ Bartlett Heivoll
• Assisted by: Don Bartlett (Translation)
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 07.01.2014, delayed
• EAN: 9781555976613
• ISBN: 978-1-55597-661-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Lannan Translation Selection (; Lannan Translation Selection (
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature