“A concise, angst-ridden, metaphorically rich wandering through the transitory world”
Dagbladet
“Markus Midré has the gift of making sharp observations […] The prose is almost recording, listing, unsentimentally as if he was writing a report. And stil Midré’s novel is filled with a presence and an atmosphere bordering on the raw, infinitely vulnerable. It’s Midré’s careful choice of words that produces this feeling of entering a shadow landscape, where existence itself appears mysterious. […] Tunnel confirms and reinforces Markus Midré’s position as one of our most sophisticated prose writers.”
Dagsavisen
”The book makes you want to spend the winter in a library … Most of all, Tunnel is an impressive piece of linguistic work, the poetic imprint can be traced in every sentence and creates an aesthetic experience that is not far from bliss … Midré masters the art of balancing steadily between the progression of the story and sharp poetic formulations. He quickly brings the reader into his literary universe, and she wants to stay there – despite the darkness of the fiction”
Bergens Tidende
”Midré has found a good rhythm, and when it says on the cover that “the story comes down with a fever”, I have to agree that it’s a good description of what happens. Maybe you didn’t think a story could come down with a fever, but it can”
Klassekampen, Norway
”ingenious and interesting, a book to return to”
Dagens Næringsliv
”It is strange and wonderful how he manages, with such simple descriptions, to make the text vibrate with vitality. Many of the passages should simply be enjoyed!”
Nationen
”Markus Midré rarely writes lengthy books. And his writing is always beautiful … throughout the book he has preserved a dense and intense language that never gets insistent … A disquiet grumbles in the text, it describes in a way that pulls me into the dark, into the tunnel.”
Vårt Land
