crime fiction - Cappelen Damm

▶ Short-stories, Poetry, EssaysHilde LindsetI Should Have Locked You UpJeg burde ha sperret deg inneA father confronts his son with accusations of abuse. A musicteacher takes a detour with his far too young pupil, anda completely ordinary dwarf holds a strange power over atravelling couple.Hilde Lindset writes concentrated short stories about theseemingly ordinary life, but which is constantly forcedagainst the implicit and metaforical.PoetryStig Beite LøkenThere is Nothing More Life Enhancingthan Being Afraid of the DarkDet finnes ingenting mer livsbejaende enn å væremørkereddThis is a collection of short stories in which the skilfulhandling of language is closely matched to the strangeevents. The short story is used as a vehicle for taking us tosituations and places where life seems very vivid. It couldbe two boys in a swimming pool that has emptied of people for the night. Or the class thatdiscovers moon jellyfish on the forest floor. Or the journalist who moves into a buildingproject that went very wrong.Stig Beite Løken (1983–) lives in Stavanger. He has a Masters degree in comparativeliterature. Det finnes ingenting mer livsbejaende enn å være mørkeredd is his first book.52