Aliss at the Fire

Author	Henrik Ibsen
ISBN	1420927957

Ghosts is the story of Helen Alving, a widow who is haunted by the many mistresses of her deceased husband and by her son who has inherited syphilis from his philandering father. Ghosts is a scathing indictment of Victorian society in which Ibsen refutes the notion that if one simply fulfills one's duty...

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Hallgrímur Helgason

With some 66 hits under his belt, Tomislav Bokšić, or Toxic, has a flawless record as hitman for the Croatian mafia in New York. That is, until he kills the wrong guy and is forced to flee the States, leaving behind the life he knows and loves. Suddenly, he finds himself on a plane hurtling toward Reykjavík,...

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Dag Solstad

Armand V. er hovedpersonen i denne romanen som består av forfatterens fotnoter til en roman som ikke er skrevet. Midt på 1960-tallet ankommer Armand og hans beste venn, Paul Buer, Oslo og Universitetet på Blindern. De er oppvokst i den samme byen langs Oslofjordens vestside. Paul Buer havner blant...

Author	Erling Kagge
ISBN	8248921166

Det beste rådet du noen gang vil få.
Erling Kagge kan vanskelig tenke seg noe viktigere enn å gå. I denne boka skriver han med utgangspunkt i sine egne erfaringer hva det å gå har betydd for ham selv og hva det kan bety for andre.

Det er en nydelig oppfølger til den internasjonale suksessen...

Author	Tao Lin
ISBN	0307950174

Taipei by Tao Lin is an ode--or lament--to the way we live now. Following Paul from New York, where he comically navigates Manhattan's art and literary scenes, to Taipei, Taiwan, where he confronts his family's roots, we see one relationship fail, while another is born on the internet and blooms into...

Author	Matias Faldbakken
ISBN	1501197525

In the tradition of modern classics The Dinner and A Gentleman in Moscow comes The Waiter, in which the finely tuned balance of a grand European restaurant (that has seen better days) is irrevocably upset by an unexpected guest.

In a centuries-old European restaurant called The Hills, a middle-aged...

Author	R.D. Laing
ISBN	0394717767

R.D. Laing's new book marks a fascinating departure—in form and content—from his previous works. Knots is unlike any other book, consisting of a series of powerful, witty, unexpected dialogue-scenarios that can be read as poems or brief plays, each complete in itself. Each chapter describes...