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    Essential Norwegian Fiction, recommended by Roy Jacobsen

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    Essential Norwegian Fiction - Gisli Sursson’s Saga by Various

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    Gisli Sursson’s Saga
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    Essential Norwegian Fiction - Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun and Sverre Lyngstad (translator)

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    Growth of the Soil
    by Knut Hamsun and Sverre Lyngstad (translator)

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    Essential Norwegian Fiction - Shyness and Dignity by Dag Solstad and Sverre Lyngstad (translator)

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    Shyness and Dignity
    by Dag Solstad and Sverre Lyngstad (translator)

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    Essential Norwegian Fiction - Beatles by Lars Saabye Christensen and Don Bartlett (translator)

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    Beatles
    by Lars Saabye Christensen and Don Bartlett (translator)

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    Essential Norwegian Fiction - My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgård and Don Bartlett (translator)

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    My Struggle
    by Karl Ove Knausgård and Don Bartlett (translator)

Essential Norwegian Fiction, recommended by Roy Jacobsen

Sagas old and new, from Gisli Sursson’s trials to Knausgård’s struggle, form the backbone of Roy Jacobsen’s selection of essential fiction from Norway, a country that is like ‘a black and not very polished diamond’, and where writers and readers seek out the human, ‘no matter how awkward, grandiose, sentimental, nostalgic, embarrassing, hyperbolic, stupid, hilarious or dangerous it may be’

    Dorthe Nors on the best Contemporary Scandinavian Literature

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    Dorthe Nors on the best Contemporary Scandinavian Literature - Har døden taget noget fra dig så giv det tilbage, Carls bog by Naja Marie Aidt

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    Har døden taget noget fra dig så giv det tilbage, Carls bog
    by Naja Marie Aidt

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    Dorthe Nors on the best Contemporary Scandinavian Literature - Yahya Hassan: Digte by Yahya Hassan

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    Yahya Hassan: Digte
    by Yahya Hassan

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    Dorthe Nors on the best Contemporary Scandinavian Literature - Det är natten by Karolina Ramqvist

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    Det är natten
    by Karolina Ramqvist

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    Dorthe Nors on the best Contemporary Scandinavian Literature - Wilful Disregard: A Novel About Love by Lena Andersson and Sarah Death (translator)

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    Wilful Disregard: A Novel About Love
    by Lena Andersson and Sarah Death (translator)

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    Dorthe Nors on the best Contemporary Scandinavian Literature - Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was by Sjón and Victoria Cribb (translator)

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    Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was
    by Sjón and Victoria Cribb (translator)

Dorthe Nors on the best Contemporary Scandinavian Literature

Minimalism is big with the Danes while Icelanders favour magical realism; the Swedes keep it classical while the Norwegians get emotional. Man Booker International shortlistee Dorthe Nors takes us on a tour of the most exciting voices in contemporary Scandinavian literature.

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