“Tired of contemporary novels, with their sad and miserable realism? Try Mona Høvring’s latest book, a brilliant little surrealist fable.”
Damien Aubel, Transfuge (France)
“By giving free rein to a teeming imagination served by an ingenious language, the Norwegian poetess and novelist allows the reader to enter a world where dreamlike fantasy and absurdity compete in wonders.”
Véronique Cassarin-Grand, Le Nouvel Obs (France)
“A novel of total fantasy, this Saga of Froyd will take its reader very far, provided they agree to turn their back on the dictates of moralizing and conventional storytelling. The Northern heiress of Jarry, Brautigan and other quirky oddballs, Mona Høvring has literally cut loose…”
Fabrice Colin, Le Canard enchaîné (France)
“A kind of tale written in an unprecedented way, it’s a hoot! It’s lively, it’s short, it’s very very very nice!!! ”
Europe 1 (France)
“Fans of offbeat stories and absurdist narrative will get their money’s worth!” Elena Balzamo, Le Monde des Livres (France)
“Absurd, warm and well-written from a literary surplus stock … Høvring has in any case managed to take her family novel far away from the beaten track, and it’s a read that oozes of inventiveness and creativity”
Sofie Braut, Stavanger Aftenblad
“The Saga of Froyd goes further in experimenting with humour than Mona Høvring’s previous books – with great result … In Mona Høvring’s books, what you see is not necessarily what you get. This year’s novel is full of surrealist ideas and deserves a prominent place in Høvring’s string of original, inventive books”
Tom Egil Hverven, Klassekampen
“… an unusually colourful fable … Both the depiction of everyday life in a home without adults and the portrait of the father travelling the seven seas are full of Pippi-inspired juice and colour, but Høvring surpasses most recent writers in her burlesque, devil-may-care richness of colours. The writing bursts, full of ideas and seemingly unfettered game of associations … the tone is fresh personal and bold. The prose flows smoothly, even where sentences and paragraphs are freely embroieders and artfully executed … But behind its seemingly spontaneous, open-hearted descriptions, the author runs the show with tight reins, resulting in both and intricate and easy read.”
May Grethe Lerum, Bok365.no
“A novel you should read if you want to discover innovative, experimental literature … The prose is both rich, beautiful and poetic”
Jannicke Totland, Framtida.no
