Before I Burn - Couverture rigide

Heivoll, Gaute

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1555976611 ISBN 13 : 9781555976613

Editeur : Graywolf Press, 2014

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

A psychological thriller, written documentation and a work of art... From the very first moment we are gripped not only by the fearsome fires but also by the composed and credible everyday characters... An exciting, hypnotic novel marked by unhappiness and man´s dark sides, a novel balancing on the edge of the melodramatic. It takes a skilful author to master that balance. Before I Burn is great work of storytelling. --Judges of The Brage Prize

Luminously written... [Before I Burn is] an unsparing examination of the darker recesses of the human psyche... Heivoll's unhurried prose satisfyingly addresses the mysteries of memory and the precariousness of human existence. --The Times

One of the best books I have ever read... [Gaute Heivoll] manages to describe the rush of setting fire to a house so well. We understand the pyromaniac's fascination for the fire and the heat ... A pyromaniac seen from the inside, and is marvellously written. --Karin Fossum
Gaute Heivoll is one of the finest voices of his generation. Before I Burn is a glowing depiction of the darkness in an isolated human being's mind. --Karl Ove Knausgård
Thanks to Heivoll's adroit and sensitive handling of his themes, this semi-autobiographical account of old crimes is elevated and transformed into a great novel. --Glasgow Herald
Gaute Heivoll's new book is great storytelling of the highest order, an existential horror story from the foremost of the young writers. --Edvard Hoem
It has been an eerie pleasure to read Gaute Heivoll's thrilling novel about the pyromaniac who shook his home district in 1978. Før jeg brenner ned shows once again that Heivoll is a key name among his generation of writers and one of the most significant in contemporary Norwegian literature. The novel has all the requisites to captivate readers and become Heivoll's definitive breakthrough. --Hans Herbjørnsrud

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In the late 1970s, a pyromaniac runs amok in a close-knit community in rural Norway. Homes are burnt to a cinder, and panic spreads, as neighbours wonder who amongst them could be wreaking such fear and anguish. And slowly, almost imperceptibly, a mother comes to realise that her son is lighting the fires.

Born into this time of chaos, Gaute Heivoll is indelibly linked to the arsonist intent on such destruction. By juxtaposing the pyromaniac's story with his own, Heivoll explores memory, loss and the agonising separation of child from parent that it is a rite of passage for us all. Written in fluid, luminous prose, Before I Burn is a literary sensation, by the foremost Norwegian writer of his generation.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Graywolf Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1555976611
• ISBN 13: 9781555976613
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 307