Friendship - Echoes of the City II

Part Two of a trilogy set in post-war Oslo, by Norway's answer to Elena Ferrante.

About the author

LARS SAABYE CHRISTENSEN has published a number of novels, poetry and short story collections, his breakthrough coming in 1984 with Beatles, one of Norway's bestselling books still. He received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for The Half Brother in 2001. He has also received the Riverton Prize, the Critics' Prize, the Brage Prize, the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize, the Dobloug Prize and the Norwegian Reader's Prize. His novels have now been published in 36 countries.

Summary

Part Two of a trilogy set in post-war Oslo, by Norway's answer to Elena Ferrante.

Foreword

Part Two of a trilogy set in post-war Oslo, by Norway's answer to Elena Ferrante.

Additional text

A book filled with sorrow and wistfulness for a time torn between faith in the future and the community's need for social control. It's Lars Saabye Christensen on home turf. It's the author at his best

Product details

• Authors: Lars Saabye Christensen
• Assisted by: Don Bartlett (Translation), Bartlett Don (Translation)
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.10.2021
• EAN: 9781529413335
• ISBN: 978-1-5294-1333-5
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 210 mm x 36 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Oslo, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Political, Norway, Fiction in translation, TRAVEL / Europe / Scandinavia (Finland, Norway, Sweden), Modern and contemporary fiction, TRAVEL / Europe / Nordic Countries / General, Norway; trilogy; Scandinavia; prizewinning