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From silence we have come, to silence we shall be


Erland Kiøsterud: Revelation

… And only by silence can we be resurrected. 
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Beyond the art room

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The novel can be a helpful tool as we explore new ways of viewing art. 
Kjetil Røed -
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literature

A tear for Kurdistan


Sara Omar: Dead washer

The Death Washer is a well-written and painful novel that continues the debate about circumcision and violence against women – and it deserves all the prizes it can get. 
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literature

The triumph of the cartoon characters


Salman Rushdie: The Golden House

In his usual detailed style, Salman Rushdie investigates what has gone wrong in the United States over the past nine years.
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The fire at the end of the journey


Salman Rushdie: The Golden House

Imaginative genre mix dominates Salman Rushdie's latest novel The Golden House.
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literature

A third-generation refugee returns home


Deborah Feldman: About Bitten

Despite all the conflicting feelings about the traces of Nazi Germany, American-Jewish Deborah Feldman feels for the first time at home.
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literature

The noble art of lying


Werner Sonne: Where the storm sat

In Werner Sonne's new political thriller, fake and facts turn into a higher and most frightening entity.
Ranveig Eckhoff -
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literature

A hundred years of patience


Serjij Zjadan: Anarchy in the UKR

Anarchy in The UKR takes the reader on a dreamy journey from the revolution in 1917 to today's conflict in eastern Ukraine. 
Øystein Windstad -
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fiction (book)

Swedish states of mind


Johannes Anyuru: They will drown in the tears of their mothers

Johannes Anyuru's virtuoso novel asks deeply uncomfortable questions about the effects of counter-terrorism.
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literature

Escape and love


Mohsin Hamid: Exit West

"Location, location, location," says the real estate agents. Geography is destiny, historians respond. ”From Exit West
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Out of the shade

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A General Theory of Oblivion highlights Angola's bloody history.
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