The year is 1989. Leon, Jon, Osman, Emma and Therese are growing up in Oslo. They are going to take possession of the world. But also of each other. In what resembles a harmonic existence the friends make rather innocent attempts to break out, become clear to themselves and each other. The experiences they make with the world and each other turn out to be more fatal than they had imagined. Ten years later one of them is telling the story of how the world leave invisible scars. In the shadows of the story being told you can catch a glimpse of how secrets were created. And who’s telling the story? 

The Lungs is a heartfelt story about individuality and fellowship, and a distinctively meaning-searching and reflective novel.