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I second all of the suggestions for Jostein Gaarer's books. I enjoyed Through A Glass, Darkly (as well as Sophie's World and The Orange Girl)
Here's a couple that haven't been mentioned:
Out Stealing Horses A Novel by Per Petterson
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
I haven't read The Orange Girl but it's supposed to be good. It was actually made into a movie last year. All Jostein Gaarder's book are really popular, so I think it could be a good choice :)
Lene wrote: "I'm Norwegian, so I could suggest lots of books set in Norway. I'm not quite sure which books are translated to English though. But all the books mentioned above are good choices, the books by Kari..."thanks! Have you read
The Orange Girl?
I'm Norwegian, so I could suggest lots of books set in Norway. I'm not quite sure which books are translated to English though. But all the books mentioned above are good choices, the books by Karin Fossum are great and the Sigrid Undset books too. And The House With the Blind Glass Windows is supposed to be great, though I haven't actually read that one... Feel free to ask me about Norwegian books if you have any questions :)
I highly recommend any play written by Henrik Johan Ibsen: A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, An Enemy of the People, Peer Gynt, The Master Builder.
Sigrid Undset for her Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy.
Here is a list of others: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nor...
Books set in Norway:Kristin Lavransdatter
Alberta and Jacob
The Birds
The House With the Blind Glass Windows
not sure if you like mysteries, you can go to stopyourekillingme.com and click on location
also bibliotravel( google will link you) has a LOT of options by country hth
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