(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)
"A novel without characters" Lund called himself Zalep, while both Trench occurrences Mysteries og Comp Roma Cafeteria was completely closed about its protagonists.
But now there is a whole rush of people coming to Lund.
It has River Close people into a more pervasive novel than its predecessors; the font image takes the form of a wall of words.
And those who speak come from lower Buskerud. Lund is from the Modum districts, and the first part of River Close people is a childhood story from the same place, where we meet again a younger Tomas from Trench occurrences Mysteries as the protagonist. This section is held in a crossroads of Bokmål and local dialect. Such a balancing act could have gone wrong, with Lund representing lower Buskerud better than anyone else.
Previously, this region has been sung by people like Herod False and Dr. Jonas Fjeld. It is high time that Lund takes the floor and does the same for this area as Frode Grytten did for Odda in Bee song.
But the world lurks in the background, appearing in the form of newspapers, advertisements and beautiful cars along the road. The villagers get the strangest whims, and if you want examples, it's just as good to read the book: The first part is highly recommended.
Because there Lund manages to combine some of his fixed themes with a simple and humorous action. Reflecting on writing, text and reading, so-called meta-considerations, reappears, but is toured in a completely different way. A farmer insists on reading aloud because he thinks it is dangerous to read inside, an enterprising local figure sets up an A along the road that no one understands and Tomas fires up an old paper production machine. And when Tomas strokes the forest like a turned child, it is easier to recognize himself than when he in Trench occurrences Mysteries strokes to forest to escape modern society.
In the second part of the book, we meet Tomas again, in the time after the action in Trench occurrences Mysteries. This section works best as a continuation of Thomas' story. The connection between the first and second part in River Close people is somewhat unfathomable, except that several of the characters reappear, this time almost completely fused in Tomas' narrator's voice.
But the first part is worth the price alone. With River Close people Lund has set up a new door that I hope can lead many into his writing.
