Shattered Innocence. Bret Easton Ellis and Emma Clare Gabrielsen
It is a rare occation when the author of cult books such as American Psycho and The Rules of Attraction releases his first novel in 13 years. For readers of Bret Easton Ellis’s earlier books, The Shar...
19 Feb 202357min
The Womanly Face of War. Maaza Mengiste and Sofi Oksanen
The young girl Hirut starts working for a wealthy couple, but is soon brought into their many quarrels, their jealousy and grief over the loss of a child. This is Ethiopia in the 1930s. Things go from...
12 Feb 202355min
My African Reading List: Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is an author, screenwriter, and former head of the Zanzibar International Film Festival. In 2003, the Kenyan won the Caine Prize for African Writing, and her 2013 debut novel, Du...
19 Jan 202339min
My African Reading List: Nadifa Mohamed
Nadifa Mohamed is the writer of three novels, with the two first, Black Mamba and The Orchard of Lost Souls available in Norwegian translation so far. In 2017, Mohamed participated in The House of Lit...
29 Dec 202225min
Broken Promises. Damon Galgut and Nosizwe Lise Baqwa
Damon Galgut’s Booker Prize-winning novel The Promise follows the white South-African Swart family, living on a farm outside Pretoria. The story follows the nuclear family through the waning years of ...
25 Dec 20221h
Bless Our Blue Bodies. Warsan Shire and Athena Farrokhzad
Warsan Shire is a critically acclaimed and award winning British poet. In 2016, the artist Beyoncé named her one of her favorite poets, and she appears both on the album «Lemonade» and in the film «Bl...
24 Dec 20221h
Who is Killing Us? Literature and the unveiling of power
Édouard Louis 2022: In a world dominated by state narratives and information wars, what is the role of the writer?Power imbalances, exploitation and the dark history of Soviet occupation of Eastern Eu...
22 Dec 20221h 4min
Friends of Dorothy: Gay Literature and Experience. Édouard Louis and Alan Hollinghurst in conversation
Édouard Louis 2022: Alan Hollinghurst and Édouard Louis have long read each other’s books with great interest. While Louis has written brutally honest depictions of growing up gay in a homophobic fami...
18 Dec 202258min
