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Birgitte Bjørnøy

"Digging holes in the sea with a shovel"

Social realism is not the most groundbreaking expression of our time.

Freshwater pearl about the Bosnia war

Reading Faruk Sehic's novel is like washing off the gray dust of everyday language and the sweaty smell of political dichotomies.

Are we an easy switch for computer companies?

Does computer technology create a new form of totalitarianism? Joshua Cohen's ambitious novel provides some experimental answers. 

Ta-Nehisi Coates: Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates fills the American dream, showing that individual responsibility helps little in the face of structural racism. 

Screaming smile

The novel Smil shows how images and symbolism seem far stronger than laws and regulations. Unfortunately, the book's own image use is not particularly powerful.

Manhattan's big bald – do we have him now?

Walt Whitman opened up the modern to a whole nation. Attempts to catch him once and for all become vain.

Out in the comments fields

Reading the Comments is an academic approach to why we need banana peel reviews.

99 percent apocalypse

Politics breaks down the literature of this occasionally striking American dystopia.

Teams of freedom

May Odeh makes a movie because she needs answers to all her questions. "The filmmakers do more for Palestine than the politicians," she says.