crime fiction - Cappelen Damm

▶FictionNovelsWinner ofthe Critics’AwardBeate GrimsrudA Fool FreeEn dåre friWinner of the The Critics’ Award in Norway andSwedish Radio’s Listeners’ Award.Nominated by both Norway and Sweden for theNordic Council’s Literature Prize!Eli lives alone. But she shares her life with Espen,Erik and Emil – or, rather, their voices, which havebeen with her since childhood. Periodically, sheis cared for in a mental hospital and treated eitherwith sympathy, or with gross insensitivity. Eli’s willto live and be creative is strong, but the voices keeprowing and ruining things for her. Still, she carrieson writing books and making films.In this novel, Beate Grimsrud opens the door to aworld that is alien to most people. In that world, you can at times feel vulnerable and powerless,but it has its own fascination and pathos.Rights sold to: Czech Republic (Doplnek), Denmark (Gyldendal), Finland (Like), France (actes Sud),Germany (BTB LUCHTERHARD), RUSSIA (CORPUS) and Serbia (carobna Knjiga).▶ BACKLISTTo Slip Past an Axe (Å smyge forbi en øks), 1998.Rights sold to: Denmark , Germanyand Iceland.Children, What Do We Know that Lives inthe Woods?(Hva er det som fins i skogen barn?), 2002.Rights sold to: HUNGARY.The Leakage of Sleep(Søvnens lekkasje), 2007.16Beate Grimsrud (1963–) made her literary début in 1990, andin 1998 she was nominated for the Nordic Council Literary Awardfor her novel Å smyge forbi en øks. In 2007 she published her firstchildren’s book: Klar ferdig gå!, which was co-authored by Inger Alfvén.Grimsrud was born in Norway, but lives in Sweden. She is bilingual,and has two original publishers; Bonnier in Sweden and CappelenDamm in Norway. Cappelen Damm Agency handles foreign rights.Photo: fotograf Henrik Lindal