“Poor” by Matias Faldbakken It’s rare that I really enjoy a book I read. This one oozes genuine creative joy – a quality I’ve seen higher than almost anything else. You’ll be looking for a more creative and playful project for a long time – apart from his previous novel, the equally wonderfully magical and wild “Vi er fem”. Read the book notice here “No saint” by Roskva KoritzinskyRoskva Koritzinsky is impressively fine-tuned to man’s facts, shortcomings, hurts and (burning, extinguishing) will. The characters in her short stories are cunning and chess-savvy, yes, they are simply interesting. Koritzinsky writes sensually, figuratively and substantially. She has a dark and clear calm, and just the right mystery for the short stories to stick.«Devon» by Nils Christian Moe-Repstad Mythological scenes and images in meaningful, but not difficult language. The aesthetic is dark, rich and pure. Unfortunately, Moe-Repstad passed away a few months after the book of poems came out, and as David Bowie so famously hinted at his imminent death on his very last album, it is almost inadvisable not to suggest something of the same in Devon’s final poem: That was all I could say, and should say, about the white cliffs
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