The new novel in English from one of Norway?s most celebrated writers'A kind of surrealistic writer... Serious literature? Haruki Murakami 'Mad, sad and funny... Thrilling? Geoff Dyer 'The drama exists in his voice? Lydia Davis 'An utterly hypnotic writer? James WoodSinger, a thirty-four-year-old recently trained librarian, arrives by train in the small town of Notodden to begin a new and anonymous life. He falls in love with Merete, a ceramicist, and moves in with her and her young daughter. After a few years together, the relationship starts to falter, and as the couple is on the verge of separating a car accident prompts a dramatic change in Singer?s life...Winner of the Norwegian Critics Prize
