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This is clever writing. Høeg clutches achingly at the bonds of youth gone by and pulls the strings of her story with ease. Hoekstra conveys in a buoyant translation
- Martin Aitken, literary translator
Intimate and diamond-sharp, both in style and wit. Høeg takes us to the raw, tender, and absurd intersection in a writer's life of what is, what once was, and what still could be
- Saskia Vogel, literary translator and author of
PermissionWith an uncanny ear for line breaks and an eye for emotional vulnerability, Tine Høeg draws a tender portrait of the friendship between Mai and Asta, confirming that the past tentacles into the present, whether we want it to or not
- Anna Stern, author of
all this here, nowMemorial, 29 June is a breathless read, delivered in pin-sharp prose. An understated novel of repressed love, grief and longing - and a subtle essay on the creative process. Høeg deftly reveals Asta's hidden and written stories in tandem, from the first glimmer and restlessness of beginning, through urgency and self-isolation and denial, to the defining moment of declaration. Gorgeous
- Sonia Overall, author of
Eden Tine Høeg's play with words is both sensuous and powerful... The novel delivers writing that is both tender and poetic, which you become addicted to
- BørsenA fluid, minimalistic, carefully crafted, and precise - right down to every single line break and full stop
- ELLELanguage is fun with Tine Høeg - with a dark background. Her second novel exerts a poetry through leaving the words almost bare. It is vulnerable and strong at the same time. Just like the youth it treats narratively
- InformationTine Høeg has written the finest art novel about the gap between different life phases - one which all embittered romantics can throw themselves headlong into... It's enchanting reading
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WeekendavisenA brilliant acquaintance ... Tine Høeg is a bloody special writer, and it is bloody special to be able to write so tenderly and warmly and fluidly and despairingly and funnily about both the specific and the universal, and about different ages, and about both female and male experience
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About the author
Tine Høeg (b. 1985) is a Danish author. Her novel New Passengers, published by Lolli Editions in 2020, won an English PEN Award and Bogforum’s Debutantpris, the prize awarded each year for the best literary debut published in Denmark. Høeg’s own adaptation of the novel has been staged at the Royal Danish Theatre. She lives in Copenhagen.Misha Hoekstra has translated numerous Danish authors, including Hans Christian Andersen and Maren Uthaug. In 2017, he received the Danish Translation Prize, and his translation of Dorthe Nors’s Mirror, Shoulder, Signal was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
