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Mulla Krekar's book My case opens the ballet in the Norwegian context major political documentaries / memoirs. The book is due out in February, and Aschehoug is responsible for that release. Right in the heels, and probably with even greater expectations, comes the account of spy-convicted Arne Treholt about his life. That treat is Gyldendal that has secured, and also that book is in stores before the summer, more specifically in May. In the same class is also a collaboration project between Lars Sigurd Sunnanå and Saddam Hussein's lifelong doctor Ala Bashir. It is Cappelen who has secured the rights to the life doctor's story, which should already be pre-sold to a number of publishers abroad.
And there are still several publishers who have not released their spring lists yet. Nevertheless, this list can be supplemented by names such as Michael Moore and Thomas Hylland Eriksen, which respectively are relevant Help, where is my country? og Roots and feet. Both at Aschehoug. There is also Nupi scientist Svein Melby on the spring break. He has written the book Bush Revolution which addresses recent developments in American politics.
From the small publishing house Spartacus, which turns fifteen this year, Ny Tid knows about two titles: Raja Shehadeh has written When the birds stopped singing – Diary of the besieged Ramallah and the radical scientist Vandana Shiva has written Protection or looting? about patents, ethics and neo-colonialism. Both authors come to Norway in connection with the book releases.
The University Publishing House also has a few interesting public books on its list.
Those who will be annoyed and challenged a bit will possibly succeed by reading Kjell A. Nordstrøm and Jonas Ridderstråle's book Karaoke Capitalism. It is written by the same authors as Funky Business and should, according to the publisher, be based on "an individualized world where everything is possible, but where you must at the same time dare to be unique and try new things if you are to achieve great things…" That book will be published in March.
But perhaps it is especially philosopher Lars Fr. H. Svendsen's book on fashions should arouse interest in those who are interested in the interaction between cultural expression and society in a capitalist era.
If you love philosophers and essay collections, and otherwise are not intimidated by Nynorsk, Jon Hellesnes' essay collection is Illusion? on the way out from Samlaget in February.
For those who can't wait, there is hope at Dinamo. The young publisher has secured Paul Berman's Terror and liberalism. His main hypothesis is that the sources of the use of Islamist fundamentalism are in principle quite similar to the violence that characterized the various European fundamentalisms of the last century.
Aschehoug-owned October publisher publishes an interview book with Edvard Said which had the English title Culture and Resistance. Incidentally, it may be mentioned that also Salman Rushdie's essay collection Step Across this Line will also be translated by a Norwegian publisher, and that Anton Chekov has received a cinema in Geir Kjetsaa.
Damm also has something in stock. Not least you can be excited about the book Contemporary poetry – from Almuens Opera to Gatas Parlament by Jan Inge Reilstad, which is a collection of popular music's lyrics – reportedly it puts them into an art historical picture, and takes them seriously as literature.
If one is more interested in literary essays and essays on literature, it should be possible to quench the thirst this spring as well. Umberto Eco is a real ring fox by a novelist, but he can write essays as well. Some time has plans to prove when they release his in May Essays on Literature. There is also hope that Eldrid Lunden at Aschehoug can deliver some tasty literary exercises in his essay collection Samples. That will happen in March.
To finally return to the type of book we began this review with – namely memoirs from the dramatic highlights of the last ten years 'big politics: Kagge publishing also has something to hit the table with at that point: Hans Blix' Crucial days, an international release, which is launched simultaneously in English, Norwegian and Swedish.
