Cretan Days

Cretan Days is Tove Nilsen’s tribute to the Greek island of Crete, where she has been a regular visitor for over twenty-five years and which she has developed a close relationship to. In this novel, which she calls “an outdoor book”, the literary and personal strands are interwoven to provide warm and vivid portraits of…

Cretan Days is Tove Nilsen’s tribute to the Greek island of Crete, where she has been a regular visitor for over twenty-five years and which she has developed a close relationship to. In this novel, which she calls “an outdoor book”, the literary and personal strands are interwoven to provide warm and vivid portraits of people and places – all changing over time – and all depicted with a twinkle in the eye. We follow the author Tove and her boyfriend, “T”, on a journey through what was once known as “The Isle of Happy People”.

A pensive travel story, Cretan Days is an exercise in wonderment and the urge to always press onwards.

Reviews

“… sensual, entertaining, well-crafted and life-affirming”
Dagbladet

“A delightful book about an island embraced with all the author’s senses, written with verve and a redeeming candour. (…) “Kreta-døgn” is no ordinary travelogue, not by a long chalk”
Aftenposten

“…Tove Nilsen creates contrasts and tensions that make us feel other people’s pain, and consider the questions raised by modern tourism. Tove Nilsen’s down-to-earth, fresh language makes the 260 pages an easy read”
Vårt Land

“… a declaration of love to an area on the fringes of Europe, influenced by the Mediterranean mentality and with North African elements… A must-read for everyone who travels to Crete”
Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad

Kreta-døgn

Cretan Days

Contact agent

Henrik Francke

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