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Jenny Hval
“As intriguing and impressive a novelist as she is a musician, Hval is a master of quiet horror and wonder.”
– Chris Kraus, author of I Love Dick
Jenny Hval (b. 1980) is a writer, musician and sound artist. She made her literary debut with the novel The Pearl Brewery in 2009, and followed up with Sings with Her Eyes in 2012, and then Girls against God in 2018.
Her books have been translated into 9 languages. Hval has released numerous acclaimed albums, including Apocalypse Girl (2015), Blood Bitch (2016), The Practice of Love (2019) and Iris Silver Mist (2025).
Book info
Language
Foreign publisher

- Stage Human
- Scenemennesket
- Jenny Hval
- Forlaget Oktober, 2025
Essays
- LanguageForeign publisher
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- Girls against God
- Å hate Gud
- Jenny Hval
- Forlaget Oktober, 2018
Fiction, Novel
- LanguageForeign publisher
- GermanMärz Verlag
- ItalianBlackie Edizioni
- RussianRipol
- SpanishCaja Negra
- Spanish (Mexico)Integral Brunch Press
- SwedishTankekraft
- TurkishLivera
- World EnglishVerso Books

- Sings with Her Eyes
- Inn i ansiktet
- Jenny Hval
- Forlaget Oktober, 2012
Prose
- LanguageForeign publisher
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- Paradise Rot
- Perlebryggeriet
- Jenny Hval
- Kolon, 2009
Fiction, Novel
- LanguageForeign publisher
- DanishKorridor
- GermanMärz Verlag
- GreekPlithos
- ItalianBlackie Edizioni
- SpanishAmor de madre
- SwedishTankekraft
- TurkishUmami
- World EnglishVerso Books