Termin - Couverture souple

Nor-Hansen, Henrik

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0995485240 ISBN 13 : 9780995485242

Editeur : Nordisk Books, 2019

Synopsis

Kjetil Tuestad lives in the village of Hommersåk an area of Norway transformed by the oil boom. Termin begins with a moment of violence and goes on to chart the movements of Tuestad's lonely, fragmented and troubled life for over 20 years.

Against a backdrop of economic instability and flux in the labour market, our narrator details his existence in West Norway and the occasional occurrences of violence in the town with equal sobriety. His relationships are distant and fleeting, both private and professional. It's a story of anonymity, using the kind of didactic analysis you'd find in a log or a journal - everything is nameless and bureaucratic to Tuestad. Nominated for the 2017 Nordic Council Literature Prize, Nor-Hansens novel deals with the loss of empathy and intimacy in the 21st century.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Although technically based in Stavanger, the setting for his Nordisk Books debut (working title 'Termin'), Nor-Hansen has spent most of the last decade or so sailing round the world with his wife in a rather small boat. His first novel was published in 1996 and he has since written a number of books and collections of poetry. Termin will be his first book to be translated into English and was nominated for the prestigious Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2017.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nordisk Books
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0995485240
• ISBN 13: 9780995485242
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 80
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• Personne responsable: non disponible