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Endelig tirsdag

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«Ja, men dette var då faktisk ganske morsomt.» – Are Kalvø

For omverdenen kom det som lyn fra klar himmel: Plutselig hadde Daniel sagt opp jobben og slått opp med samboeren. Men hvor lett er det egentlig å starte et helt nytt liv som trettiåring, uten noen å holde i hånden?

Fra en virkelighet nær deg kommer en serie tragikomiske beretninger fra et par år i livet til forfatter Daniel Milford. Her er historiene om det første forsøket på å snakke med damer igjen, hodebryet med kleskode på en ny arbeidsplass, og ikke minst den mannevonde dronen. I tillegg får du leserfavoritten om røykvarsleren som aldri ville slutte å pipe.

Annenhver tirsdag piper det også i innbokser landet over, når Milford sender ut sine finurlige og innsiktsfulle betraktninger fra et fullstendig ordinært liv. Nå er noen av de beste historiene endelig samlet i bokform.

70 pages, ebook

First published September 4, 2018

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Daniel Milford

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Daniel Milford (f. 1984) er født i 1984 og heter Daniel Milford. Han skriver science fiction fordi han er opptatt av fremtiden, både med tanke på teknologi, miljø og samfunn.

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September 12, 2018
I learned of the existence of Endelig Tirsdag through a retweet of the author by a stranger on the internet. On the strength of the writing in the author's bio (yup), and a blurb by Are Kalvø, I decided to give this book a chance. Not much to go on, but hey, it was a short book. At worst it would be a wasted hour in the pursuit of something new and possibly amusing.

The amusement duly began with the copyright message at the start of the book, and then continued into the first of the handful of stories from the author's life which have been compiled in this collection of the fortnightly newsletter he shares with the people who have signed up to get updates from his life.

I then got a little nervous. I realised that these stories were going to be written in the style of there being a joke in every other sentence. I've seen this before, and I've seen it go terribly wrong. Would this be another one of those books that gradually descended into a mutual understanding between the author and the reader of "Sorry about this. I bit off more than I can chew starting out in this manner, and I now feel compelled to shoehorn bad jokes into every sentence to keep up the illusion that this is that kind of book. We'll get through this together."? But that didn't happen. The humour always felt natural, and added to the story that was being told rather than feeling like a detour for the sake of a few laughs. At times the book was also laugh-out-loud funny in a way which had me embarrass myself several times on various modes of public transport.

As well as finding the book to be funny, I also found large parts of it to be almost painfully relatable. In a number of ways, some of which I'll admit to, some of which I won't, my life and mind are in states which feel relatively similar to those of the author when he wrote these stories. His witty recountings of the problems he's had, the thoughts he's had about them, and how he's tackled both the problems and the thoughts, therefore struck a chord in me which in turn threw me into various degrees of introspection. Then again, I'm sure that the book is written in a way which deliberately and cleverly leads every reader to think "Oh, that's almost exactly what happened to me!/What I feel!/What I would have done!" Whether or not my relating to the story was thanks to some clever manipulation on the part of the author, I don't care. It worked, and I loved it.

Then, once we get to a certain lengthy chapter, the tone changes. A story is told that is obviously more significant and important than the others, of which the outcome will have real consequences and an impact on the life of the author. At this point the author feels like a close personal friend, and the chapter therefore becomes a bit of a page-turner which has the reader rooting for everything to sort itself out for our hero. Then, at the end of the book, there is an afterword. If you've related to any part of this book at all it feels like a motivational punch to the gut. In a good way.

Endelig Tirsdag is a great book. I wish it had been longer, but that's a mostly selfish complaint. This book gave me the same feeling of satisfaction I can remember from when I picked up Bill Bryson's "Notes from a Big Country" for the first time. A collection of bite-sized, warm, genuinely entertaining, charming stories from the life of a relatable stranger that leaves you with the fuzzy feeling that everything will be all right in the end.
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September 14, 2018
Det skal nevnes at dette er tidenes mest inhabile karaktersetting på en bok.
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September 15, 2018
Daniel Milford er en fascinerende kar. Daniels forfatterskap har så langt dratt oss langt ut i fantasiens verden. Vi har utforsket univers hvor barn er superhelter, med politisk intriger på fjerne planeter og hvor religiøse profetier blir sanne. Denne gangen er vi plassert så langt ned på jorda og i Daniels hverdag og hode som overhodet mulig. Det er modig gjort.

Boka er i utgangspunktet en samling historier fra Daniels hverdag som tidligere har vært utgitt som nyhetsbrev. Til tross for at historiene er skrevet over en periode og kan leses separat, henger de godt sammen og har en rød tråd som gjør at boka fremstår som en helstøpt helhet.

Jeg koste meg virkelig med "Endelig tirsdag". Som alle Daniels bøker er denne også lettlest og godt skrevet. Historiene er utrolig morsomme på overflaten, men for meg personlig ble det også et gjensyn med en periode i livet som i nok ikke var så enkel og bekymringsløs som jeg liker å tenke. Jeg vil tro at de fleste kjenner seg igjen i mye av Daniels frustrasjoner og gleder og at dette gjør at boka får en dimensjon utover det morsomme.




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