37 year old Sindre travels through Southern France with his two underage sons who normally live with their mother. Little by little it becomes apparent that Sindre has taken the sons with him without their mother’s consent, and without permission from school. Sindre’s motives also become less clear, as his interest in his sons at any moment seems to yield to his erotic attraction to women and men they meet.

But there is more: The story is told partly through Sindre’s diary entries, which he sends back to his second cousin Nora in Norway, partly through Nora’s own account of and thoughts on Sindre’s journey and his motives. Sometimes she imagines that Sindre is her brother. At the same time she feels attracted to him.

Praise for The Train from Ajaccio:

“Oterholm astonishes us again, with unfathomable main characters and a twisted, literary humour”
Morgenbladet

“Feel-bad literature at its very best”
NRK P2

“Oterholm’s best novel ever – and a level above any other book published this year”
Hamar Arbeiderblad

“One of the best, most thought-provoking Norwegian novels I have read this spring”
Klassekampen