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AbstractMonica
The Faces | Tove Ditlevsen
Mehso-so

Loved the idea of this book, but didn‘t pull me in as much as I had hoped. Reminded me of The Bell Jar in some ways. A woman‘s story of losing her grip on reality.

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GatheringBooks
Winter | Karl Ove Knausgaard
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#25Alive! Day 3: #Winter - here‘s hoping I finally get to Norwegian Knausgaard this year as GatheringBooks launched its #ReadTheWorld2025 reading theme inspired by how my travels to eight countries in 2024 shaped my reading journeys: https://wp.me/pDlzr-qUy

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👌🏻 2mo
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Gleefulreader
What Kingdom | Fine Grabol
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Pickpick

I received this book for Christmas from my wish list and I wasn‘t disappointed. It is the story, told in short chapters, of the narrator‘s experience of living in temporary assisted housing for young people with mental illness. It explores themes of the uneven division of power, what it means to be mentally ill, and where does helping cross into abuse. A fascinating short novel.

sarahbarnes This sounds really intriguing. 2mo
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GatheringBooks
Trilogy | Jon Fosse
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#DaysDevotedTo Day 8: #CoffeeTea with a Norwegian novel while I was in Bodo Norway early this year. This is part of the free “fika” offered by the hotel between 3-5 pm and- said to be a big part of Scandinavian culture. Reminded me of our merienda - byproduct of Spanish colonization.

Leniverse Fika is specifically Swedish, but it's basically the same thing in Norway only we call it "kaffekos" (yes, even if you don't drink coffee). 3mo
Eggs My maternal side of family is Norwegian💜 3mo
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KMCRamsek
Welcome to America | Linda Bostrm Knausgrd
Pickpick

‘My dad‘s dead, did I mention that? It‘s my fault. I prayed out loud to God for him to die and he did.‘
10/10

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Hilary427
The Morning Star | Karl Ove Knausgaard
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Pickpick

I absolutely LOVED the first 85% of this book. I was taking notes on the characters because there are so many, and keeping track of the little threads that intertwined between them…and then the last 100 pages. OOF. I almost can‘t forgive him for the lack of an ending. But the first 579 pages were so good! (40)
⭐️: 3.5/5

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SimoneFroelich
Meter i sekundet: roman | Stine Pilgaard
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Pickpick

4/5📚

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lauraisntwilder
The Faces | Tove Ditlevsen
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Pickpick

This was a gripping story and surprisingly dense considering the length.

It seems ironic that the American editions of Ditlevsen's books all have her face on them, since she seems to have not been terribly impressed by her own appearance.

This was my #bookspin for July, a month late. @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 6mo
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shawnmooney
Ti Amo | Hanne rstavik
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https://youtu.be/HZkD2VsfBMw?si=uY7JTA0Fz9cCHSjJ

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Ti Amo by Hanne Ørstavik, Martin Aitken (Translator)

Forgottenness by Tanja Maljartschuk, Zenia Tompkins (Translator)

And the Stones Cry Out by Clara Dupont-Monod, Ben Faccini (Translator)

The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Archibald Colquhoun (Translator)

shawnmooney The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator)
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