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From silence we have come, to silence we shall be

… And only by silence can we be resurrected. 
Alexander Carnera -

Beyond the art room

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

A tear for Kurdistan

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. 
Henning Næs -

The triumph of the cartoon characters

In his usual detailed style, Salman Rushdie investigates what has gone wrong in the United States over the past nine years.
Birgitte Bjørnøy -

The fire at the end of the journey

Imaginative genre mix dominates Salman Rushdie's latest novel The Golden House.
Ranveig Eckhoff -

A third-generation refugee returns home

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

The noble art of lying

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

A hundred years of patience

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 -

Swedish states of mind

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

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

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

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