“Strangeness added to beauty … strangely beautiful and deeply peculiar. And in my opinion this is writing of the highest order. Tusvik proves herself a true master: In her writing the naive perspective of a child is mixed with a supreme , wise sense of melancholy … Here Tusvik stands side by side with her Swedish colleagues Tunström and Enquist, in The Christmas Oratory and Captain Nemo’s Library respectively. With Beauty around Us Danish readers have been given another great Nordic voice to listen to.”
Simon Hastrup, Bogmagasinet from Arnold Busck, Denmark

“This is a incredibly wonderful  and very original memoir … life affirming … the tone is poetic, light and healing … funny in unexpected ways … It is quite simply marvellous.”
Anne Lise Marstrand-Jørgensen, Kulturguiden P2, Denmark

“The book is a sensitive and poetic  portrait of a childhood … It’s spellbinding and as a reader you are captivated from the very first page … Marit Tusvik’s gift to her reader is her wonderfully poetic prose, an irresistible sense of humour and numerous shrewd observations … Beauty around Us makes you want more, much more.”
Doris Ottesen, Kristeligt Dagblad, Denmark

“A sensuous memoir … Her expressive and humourous dialogues and scenes from everyday life in the 1950s evokes a lot in the reader. Tusvik hits a peculiar nerve in the language and her depiction of childhood seen through the eyes of the child is convincing, poetic, moving and recognizable. Hopefully more of her books will be translated.”
Christine Fur Fischer, Fyens Stiftstidende, Denmark

“In flowery language Marit Tusvik pays homage to the days of childhood, letting us relive her childhood in a way that makes us feel we have been there ourselves … We can see it vividly with our mind’s eye … Tusik has a way with words like very few others”
Nordjyske, Denmark

“A wonderful Norwegian childhood is nostalgically described in Marit Tusvik’s sensitive, bright novel … There are plenty of  finely articulated philosophical observations and childish linguistic phallacies.”
Marie Tetzlaff, Politiken, Denmark

“Marit Tusvik’s writing is sparkling and full of atmosphere … There is something about other people’s memories: they make you remember. At least the best ones. Such as Beauty around Us, Marit Tusvik’s shimmering description of her childhood by steep mountains and wide fjords. There is something about her prose that get your associations running. She can leap from bird’s eye view to the tiniest detail  without losing the child’s sense of wonder along the way. She keeps a firm chronology while at the same time letting the narrative be chopped up into the small and illogical fragments and strange contradictions … You can only write about happy times in such a sparkling, smiling and atmospheric way.”
Henriette Bacher Lind, Jyllandsposten, Denmark

“It’s a sign of a real writer that she is completely and utterly unable to write her memoirs honestly and in straitghtforward fashion without fuss. The narrative energy is simply too strong to contain. This is immediately evident in the magical universe of Marit Tusvik’s warm novel of a childhood … Marit Tusvik’s childhood is a joyful read. And it shows us an important thing about life: That it’s not so much about everything that happens around you, it’s about the way you experience it”
Viva, Denmark

“An intense and powerful story of a childhood in a small town in 1950s Norway. Narrated with a child’s sensuous and sometimes fantastic prose.”
Litteratursiden, Denmark

“What an incredibly fantastic book! It recreates forgotten ways to experience the world! The book reminds me of [Marilynne] Robinson’s Gilead … There is also the almost imperceptible movements between then and now in a daughter-father relationship, recreating a memory in the reader about something almost forgotten”
Halvor Moxnes

“Playful and poetic (…) Beauty Around Us is a novel with some indelible scenes – a novel that is charming because it is different, and delightful because it has a poetic and humorous take on the strangest of all: time and the memories we get lost in.”
Dagbladet

“Original, powerful and beautiful (…) Beauty Around Us is a detailed, funny and nostalgic journey into a time and a life that was and still is. This is a quiet book that ends up being a valuable read.”
NRK