crime fiction - Cappelen Damm

▶ FictionStig SæterbakkenThrough the NightGjennom nattenWhen he gets romantically involved with a youngwoman, dentist Karl Meyer becomes obsessedby a passion he thought was lost. Casting off hisold life in favour of what he belives to be love,he leaves his wife and children behind. However,happiness is fleeting and eventually Karl returnsto his family as a repentant sinner.NovelsWhen his son, Ole-Jakob, commits suicide, theburden proves too great for an already damagedmarriage. Amid a chaos of broken dreams, griefand confusion takes hold. In despair, Karl embarkson a journey that will take him to a housein Slovakia, where rumour has it that on a certainday at a certain time, the house will confront its guest with his or her worst nightmares.A dark story, drawing on elements of dreams, fairy-tales and horror stories, as it explores themysterious ways of sorrow and love.Rights sold to: Sweden (Vertigo) and United States (Dalkey Archive Press).‘One of the most interesting contemporary authors inEurope: always controversial and never uncomplicated,he forces the reader to confront the less flattering sides ofboth self and society.’EurozineStig Sæterbakken (1966–2012) made his literary débutwith his poetry collection Flytende paraplyer in 1984,and has since published several short story collections,translations, novels and essays. His work has always beenwell received by the critics.30Photo: cato@lein.as