”The opening of Almaas’ third novel is extremely well done. The despriction of Jan’s rediscovery of life is simple, stringent and persuasive (…) Almaas knows how to write. His prose is simple, pure and appetizing”
Dagbladet
“The balance between the comic and the deeply tragic is Bjørn Esben Almaas’ forte (…) everyday events are brilliantly portrayed”
VG
“a light, entertaining novel, which is also ambiguous, sharp and challenging … well worth waiting for … an original and clear voice, cleverly and entertainingly constructed … at its best this is a vibrant text, bouncing and full of life.”
Dagsavisen
”[Almaas] has a talent for drawing good characters with simple, steady lines, the dialogues work wonderfully and he extracts significant details out of the most mundane life, holding them up and letting us observe people through them … This is solid craft.”
Klassekampen
“A well written, cryptic novel … reads easily. The descriptions and the dialogues are astonishingly well crafted.”
Dagens Næringsliv
“Powerful and elegant … a melancholic and tender, powerful and insightful novel that takes the reader on a bildungsjourney where the outcome is far from uplifting.”
Adresseavisen
”precise prose about sex, gender and urges”
Aftenposten
”an accomplished episodical third novel. The prose is simple and elegant (…) Almaas’ strength is his ability to create consistent dialogues – they smell of lived life and linguistic fingerspitzengefühl”
Bergens Tidende
“Bjørn Esben Almaas has written a book where both prose and composition is powerful. The author is technically very good. There is a power in his writing that makes you remember this story.”
Nationen
“a stringent stylist, a taciturn and precise story teller”
Stavanger Aftenblad
”one of this spring’s most headstrong Norwegian novels”
Svenska Dagbladet, Sweden
