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▶ FictionNovelsStig AasvikInternal AffairsIndre anliggenderIndre anliggender is a realistic study of StigAasvik's everyday existence. We are introduced tothe people who share his life, his partner and theirchild, his parents and friends. We are told of hisdaily work as a Parliamentary language consultant,about a glass of milk, his self-induced humiliations,decline and memories – nothing is too greator too small for inclusion into this self-exposingnovel. The approach is meditative; snapshots oflife are followed by reflections, fury is followed bygrief, sadness by joy.Indre anliggender is a deep dive to the wreckage ofthe mind while thoughts are drifting, factual andlyrical, intense and uncompromising. Stig Aasvik'sdevastating demands on himself have no limits. In his darkest moments he still has, perhapsjust because of his mood, a voracious appetite for life.Stig Aasvik (1970-) is from Horten and lives in Oslo.Indre anliggender is his third novel.32