“The book is about Torfinn Sars’ in its own way uneventful life, portrayed in such a way that it creates a quiet tremor in the reader”
Vigdis Hjorth
«A powerful, suspenseful, intelligent and interesting novel. Its depictions of Oslo and the lightness of the relatively tough story is slightly reminiscent of Saabye Christensen. The existential crisis Torfinn passes – or lives – through, is steadily narrated, in a voice that remains with the reader, even after the book is finished. A mature, interesting debut”
Adresseavisen
“A well-executed first novel … Borg has a distinct, old-fashioned style. The narrator includes an “us” and a “we”, and constantly ask questions, such as “Can we assume that they have gotten over the shock?” A sense of Solstad-esque understatements, and long, often humorous sentences dominate the book. The style is consistent, mirroring Torfinn’s view of life, where everything seems equally important, or rather, unimportant”
Dagbladet
“The title In the Years That Followed proves … to be empty; in reality, nothing followed. Borg’s sensitive depiction of this and the constant sense of absence that permeates the novel is fabulous. But the most important thing is perhaps that the book is written with a sympathy for everything human and an understanding of all the world’s weaknesses and flaws, an insight and an attitude that Arne Borg doesn’t seem to be sharing with too many other male debut writers these days”
Stavanger Aftenblad
