What are you reading now?
– Always a little late with last year’s books. Right now I’m reading “They Call Me The Wolf” by Zeshan Shakar. I was very excited about his first two books and this one does not disappoint either. A first-class narrator, which gives me great pleasure to read.
Which book has left an indelible impression on you?
– Amalie Skram’s books about the Hellemyr people made a strong impression when I read them for the first time, and the books still stand for me as one of the masterpieces in Norwegian literary history. Gripping from first to last page, with human destinies you never forget.
Which author should write the book about you?
– In that case it would have to be myself, and I can guarantee that I will never write that book.
What self-help book did you read last?
– I guess it’s a type of book that I very rarely reach for. But at the time, around fifty years ago, I benefited greatly from reading Lis Andersen’s book on reflexology. It actually still happens that I turn to it, when I feel the need to.
– A dirty porn industry
What book have you smuggled in?
– In my generation, it had to be “The Song of the Red Ruby” by Agnar Mykle, for reasons most people can probably imagine. On later reading, I was probably more fascinated by the language than by his sexual descriptions, and the description of Bergen at that time gives an extra pleasure to a Bergen native.
Which novel character can’t you stand?
– Knight Kato in “Mio, min Mio” by Astrid Lindgren. A thoroughly evil person. The scene where Mio first meets Knight Kato in the dark, at the very end of a chapter, taught me forever the meaning of a proper cliffhanger.
….and which novel character would you sleep with?
– It never occurred to me that it would be possible. In that case, I’ll probably have to go back to the reading of my youth and imagine classic femmes fatales like Mylady in “The Three Musketeers” or Olga Barcowa in the stories about Knut Gribb. Pure imagination, in other words.
– He annoys more and more
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