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Xiania 1: Klara
Xiania 1: Klara: Xiania 1 | Lotta Elstad
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Xiania er et glamourst og beskidt drama om jazztidens Oslo.ret er 1922. Klara tager toget fra en lille norsk flkke til storbyen Kristiania (Xiania) for at hndtere en unsket graviditet. Hun er 19 r gammel, og i hnden har hun en lap papir med et navn og en adresse: Madam Zavarella, Elvegata 2.Efter en abort, som nsten koster Klara livet, bliver hun en del af den sammensatte verden omkring Madam Zavarella i slummen Vaterland. Det er en stinkende, fattig, pulserende underverden, men hos Madam Zavarella er der pengesedler gemt i alle sprkker af det vakkelvorne hus, der er en automobil i grden, forbindelser til de finere kredse p Bygdy, og selvom det er forbudstid, flyder alkoholen frit. Fr Klara ved af det, har hun fet kort hr og bukser og frdes hjemmevant i byens natteliv, hvor hun fler sig splittet mellem revolutionre Matteo og smukke Leander.Xiania er et portrt af en ung kvindes mde med et sydende Kristiania og med en farverig, excentrisk flok af outsidere. Xiania 1: Klara er frste bind i en trilogi af den norske forfatter Lotta Elstad. Hvert bind flger en ny karakter fra det samme univers.
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AnneCecilie
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The 2nd book isn‘t in the database, so tagging the 1st in this series

In this 2nd book we follow Ada and follow her story from the 1880s until 1922. She was gambled away by her father, escaped the following marriage, ended up in Christiana at a brothel, but was never a prostitute. How she met madam Josephine, Nastinka, Freddie and Mateo. And she tells about how she got into the business of helping women with illegal abortions. The book ends,

AnneCecilie right where the first one started. I can‘t wait to read the next in this series and learn more about how it was to be a working class woman at the turn of the last century. 2w
BookmarkTavern Wow! 🤩 2w
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AnneCecilie
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It‘s the early 20s, Klara is 19, unmarried and pregnant. She tries to remove it herself, but end up at the doctor‘s who write her a “prescription” for an address in Christiania (Oslo‘s former name). Traveling to the city will change Klara‘s life.

Since it‘s numbered as number one, I‘m expecting more books in this world and they can‘t come fast enough for me. I raced through this novel.