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Normalia
Omtale fra forlaget
Ingenting er unormalt. Alt er som det skal være.
Før eller senere måtte en norsk borger ta ansvar for landets fremtid og begynne å utsondre olje av egen kropp. Før eller senere måtte noen redde universitetene fra seg selv, og danne en motstandsbevegelse blant frustrerte studenter og pensjonerte professorer. Noen måtte bestemme hvem som kvalifiserer som voksent menneske, og hvem som ikke gjør det. Nasjonen fortjener det. Vi fortjener det.
Vi bor alle i Normalia. Fortellingene handler om oss, og bulletinene er adressert til oss. Les dem grundig, hør nøye etter.
Ingenting er unormalt. Alt er som det skal være.
Før eller senere måtte en norsk borger ta ansvar for landets fremtid og begynne å utsondre olje av egen kropp. Før eller senere måtte noen redde universitetene fra seg selv, og danne en motstandsbevegelse blant frustrerte studenter og pensjonerte professorer. Noen måtte bestemme hvem som kvalifiserer som voksent menneske, og hvem som ikke gjør det. Nasjonen fortjener det. Vi fortjener det.
Vi bor alle i Normalia. Fortellingene handler om oss, og bulletinene er adressert til oss. Les dem grundig, hør nøye etter.
235 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2015
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About the author
Jan Grue
23 books106 followersAuthor and academic.
My work deals first of all with embodiment - with what it means to be a body in an endlessly complex world. I've worked in various genres, combining literary exploration and elements of science fiction and speculative fiction, publishing five short story collections, a novel, and several children's books.
My book of autobiographical non-fiction, I Live a Life Like Yours, was first published in Norwegian in 2018. “The book will, in all likelihood, linger as a mile stone signifying that a new maturity is reaching autobiographical literature in Norwegian non-fiction,” wrote Morgenbladet’s Ane Farsethås. Dagbladet’s reviewer called the book ”a literary masterpiece that I recommend in the strongest terms!”, giving the book five stars. The book went on to win the Literary Critics’ Award and has been nominated to the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize – as the first Norwegian non-fiction book in 50 years. The English translation, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, will be available in August, 2021.
My work deals first of all with embodiment - with what it means to be a body in an endlessly complex world. I've worked in various genres, combining literary exploration and elements of science fiction and speculative fiction, publishing five short story collections, a novel, and several children's books.
My book of autobiographical non-fiction, I Live a Life Like Yours, was first published in Norwegian in 2018. “The book will, in all likelihood, linger as a mile stone signifying that a new maturity is reaching autobiographical literature in Norwegian non-fiction,” wrote Morgenbladet’s Ane Farsethås. Dagbladet’s reviewer called the book ”a literary masterpiece that I recommend in the strongest terms!”, giving the book five stars. The book went on to win the Literary Critics’ Award and has been nominated to the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize – as the first Norwegian non-fiction book in 50 years. The English translation, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, will be available in August, 2021.
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