The One Needful Thing - new novel by Olaug Nilssen

September 11 2020

The One Needful Thing (Yt etter evne, få etter behov) is about a family struggling to cope with the fact that they no longer have what can be called a normal life. Olaug Nilssen is back with a breathtaking, strong novel asking: Who will shoulder a responsibility that nobody can really manage? To be published in October, sample in English available.

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June 5 2025

Jon Fosse published in The New Yorker!

Jon Fosse’s new novel, “Vaim” will be published in Norwegian and many more languages this coming autumn. Last Sunday, The New Yorker presented an excerpt in Damion Searls’ translation, along with an interview with the author.

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