In 1948, when he is fifteen, Trond spends a summer in the country with his father. The events - the accidental death of a child, his best friend's feelings of guilt and eventual disappearance, his father's decision to leave the family for another woman - will change his life forever.[...]

Audun is the only one of his family who remains with his mother in working-class Oslo. He delivers newspapers when he is not in school and talks for hours about Jack London and Ernest Hemingway with his best friend - but there are some things Audun won't talk about.[...]

The post-exilic prophetic books of Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi are set in times of great adversity. God's people are minnows in the vast Persian Empire, and the promises of the earlier prophets for a glorious restoration of Jerusalem seem far from their experience. These books, from beginning to e[...]

A masterful new novel from Per Petterson, who "provides one of literature's greatest gifts . . . a welcome refuge from our cacophonous world" (NPR)
Per Petterson's hotly anticipated new novel, " I Refuse," is the work of an internationally acclaimed novelist at the height of his powers. In Norwa[...]

'Tommy. How long have we been friends.' 'All of our lives,' Tommy said. 'I can't remember us ever not being friends. When would that have been.' Jim said. 'I think it could last the rest of our lives,' he said carefully, in a low voice. 'Don't you think.' 'It will last if we want it to. It depends o[...]

In the spring of 1994 Per-Anders Pettersson arrived in South Africa to cover the country's first democratic elections. From the ashes of a repressive, segregated and racist state a multi-racial nation miraculously emerged, one of the greatest success stories of the African continent.[...]

""Ein verführerisches Buch. Wunderbar geschrieben in einer Sprache, die klar ist und wasserhell, zart und eindringlich, menschennah und gänzlich ohne Sentimentalität. Spätestens nach der Hälfte des Buches beginnt man, langsam zu lesen, damit man bloß nicht so schnell ans Ende der W[...]

Med denne boken ønsker forfatterne å gi håp om en bedre fremtid for barn med særskilte matematiske evner. Det vil i sin tur tjene også foreldrene og lærerne. Fremtidens matematikere er blant dagens matematikktalenter i skolen. Å ta vare på dem er dermed et viktig samfunnsansvar.Undervisning [...]

Forfatteren lar oss ta del i sine personlige leseropplevelser, fra han var ung gutt og fram til i dag. Han skriver også om det å lese litteratur, og om å bli og være forfatter.[...]

Romanen skildrer livet til ei jente fra hun er 7 år gammel i 1934, hvordan hun opplever krigen, og frem til hun er 23 år gammel i 1950.

I det første bildet hun bærer med seg, sitter hun sammen med broren Jesper bak på trilla som bestefar kjører fra byen ut til gården nord i Danmark[...]