Career
He made his literary debut in 1988 with the novel En vill flukt av parfymer. His novel Gå. He was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for 2009 for his novel Imot kunsten (notatbøkene).
( Bergeners is a love letter to a writer’s hometown. The ...)
Bergeners is a love letter to a writer’s hometown. The book opens in New York City at the swanky Standard Hotel and closes in Berlin at Askanischer Hof, a hotel that has seen better days. But between these two global metropolises we find Bergen, Norway—its streets and buildings and the people who walk those streets and live in those buildings. Using James Joyce’s Dubliners as a discrete guide, celebrated Norwegian writer Tomas Espedal wanders the streets of his hometown. On the journey, he takes notes, reflects, writes a diary, and draws portraits of the city and its inhabitants. Espedal writes tales and short stories, meets fellow writers, and listens to their anecdotes. In a way that anyone from a small town can relate to, he is drawn away from Bergen but at the same time he can’t seem to stay away. Espedal’s Bergeners is a book not just about Bergen, but about life—in a way no one else could have captured.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0857424424/?tag=2022091-20
( Det begynder i New York City, på det mondæne Standard H...)
Det begynder i New York City, på det mondæne Standard Hotel, og ender på Askanischer Hof i Berlin, et hotel som har set bedre dage. Mellem verdensbyerne ligger Bergen, Espedals hjemby. Her vandrer han rundt i gaderne, gør notater, reflekterer, skriver dagbog og breve, og inspireret af James Joyces Dubliners tegner han et billede af Bergen, møder forfatterkollegaer og andre bergensere. Han hører anekdoter og fortæller historier. Han længes ud, og han længes hjem. Please note: This audiobook is in Danish.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00UAZ19J6/?tag=2022091-20
He made his literary debut in 1988 with the novel En vill flukt av parfymer. His novel Gå. He was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for 2009 for his novel Imot kunsten (notatbøkene).
( Det begynder i New York City, på det mondæne Standard H...)
( Bergeners is a love letter to a writer’s hometown. The ...)