crime fiction - Cappelen Damm

▶FictionEivind Hofstad EvjemoThe Last Thing You WillSee is a Loving FaceDet siste du skal se er et ansikt av kjærlighetPractically an entire community is described in Detsiste du skal se er et ansikt av kjærlighet. Even thefloor in a gymnasium is given its own tiny chapter.The narrative focuses on a family: Roy and his sonAksel are the leading characters, together withKjersti, who is an advocate for the handicappedschool pupil Siri. We share their day to day lives asthe quiet drama unfolds in a community shelteredby the newly-rich Norwegian state.NovelsHofstad Evjemo writes about the dreams you holdon to in places where the world seems distant– and about everyone sharing the hope that lifewill offer something more. But this is also about acommunity: new spaces in it are opened up and you can get in behind the facades, go whereno one usually goes, find new patterns and structures. We are given a roving, strangely realisticview of the author's dissection of a body of Norwegian reality. Everywhere, he providessharp thumbnail sketches of social and communal life.Eivind Hofstad Evjemo has dared to do something not many in his generation would try:make a community his subject and explore its social hierarchies. He writes in a charged,insightful language.▶ BACKLISTWinner of theTarjei Vesaas’Debutant Prize2009Wake Me Up if I Fall Asleep (Vekk meg hvis jeg sovner), 2009.‘Impressive debut … The sorrow carried forth by the text is formed ina beautiful, poetic language.’Dag og Tid‘An exciting start … Evjemo’s strength is a rare sensibility in gaze andlanguage. This bodes well for the continuation.’Dagbladet14Eivind Hofstad Evjemo (1983–) has attended theLitterær Gestaltning in Gothenburg. He is a member of theeditorial board of Nordahl eftf literary journal. This year'snovel is his second publication.