![]() ![]() The Bird Tribunal is a wonderful example of this a novel about a pair of strangers living together on a remote fjord. Norwegian novels have a penchant for the noir, the bleak, and the foreboding. If there is one nation known for its thrillers and literature that focuses on the theme of isolation, it’s Norway. Rosie Hedger has become a big name in the world of Norwegian literary translation (you can see her name all over this article), and we are forever grateful to her for bringing The Bird Tribunal into English. With nothing but these ingredients, Gohril Gabrielsen weaves a complex tale soaked in paranoia and rich in fantasy and imagination.Īnkomst is a story of steadily climbing dread which takes place solely in the mind of a woman alone with her thoughts. It is remarkable what can be created with a minimal set of tools: a dark, quiet place a single character a handful of memories and plenty of time. We follow a 36-year-old scientist who has left her husband for another man and, in the midst of this turbulent time in her life, has taken herself far away to a remote northern region of Norway to work.īut when work is all quiet observation in a silent place, thoughts become obsessions and worries become anxieties and fears turn to paranoia. ![]() In Ankomst, one of the most powerful modern Norwegian novels, Gohril Gabrielsen invites us into the intimate world – half isolated cabin, half broken headspace – of a nameless narrator. ![]()
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