All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque »

By Peter on Dec 29, 2007 in Classical novel, Excellent book, Fiction Books, Historical Fiction, bestseller | 0 Comments

“We are at rest five miles behind the front”. This is how one of the world’s great literary treasures, All Quiet on the Western Front, begins. It is a story about a common soldier’s experience in WWI, written in a quiet style, yet conveying the horrific experiences of war in such a way that it has been [...]

What I Loved, by Siri Hustvedt »

By Peter on Dec 20, 2007 in Fiction Books, Norwegian Writer | 0 Comments

Siri Hustvedt’s What I Loved is a wonderful novel, beautifully written, but also a very demanding book to read, intellectually as well as emotionally.
Siri Hustvedt is an American, but with Norwegian parents. She lives in New York, and is married to, and have a daughter with, the author Paul Auster. She has a Ph.D. in [...]

Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett »

By Peter on Dec 15, 2007 in Ann Patchett, Fiction Books | 5 Comments

Bel Canto is a wonderful book on the forming of bonds between people and the transformation of character with circumstance, by a great American writer, Ann Patchett.
Ann Patchett was born in Los Angeles in 1963 and raised in Nashville. In 1990, she wrote her first novel, The Patron Saint of Liars. It was named a New [...]

Black Seconds, by Karin Fossum »

By Peter on Dec 12, 2007 in Crime Books, Karin Fossum, Norwegian Writer | 0 Comments

(Norwegian title: Svarte sekunder.)
In 2002 Karin Fossum published her sixth Sejer novel in Norwegian. This book, Black Seconds, is now released in English. So far Karin Fossum’s books have been extremely well received. And with Black Seconds, which is among her best books - well written, highly exciting, and with all the depth one expects from [...]