The Half Brother by Lars Saabye Christensen
Growing up in sixties Oslo, Barnum lives with an extended, eccentric family and his older half-brother, Fred, who was conceived after the rape of their mother in the dying days of World War II.
Compulsively readable prose.. A deeply felt, intricately worked and intellectually searching work of absolutely international importance * Guardian *
The Half Brother is like Paul Auster's The Book of Illusions meeting Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections * Independent *
An ambitious, panoramic novel-It moves effortlessly from surreal comedy to touching scenes of domestic intimacy... A big rewarding read -- Gerard Woodward * Telegraph *
Powerful, dramatic and magical * Daily Mail *
Exhilarating...delivered with clarity, energy and imaginative force * New Statesman *
The Half Brother is like Paul Auster's The Book of Illusions meeting Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections * Independent *
An ambitious, panoramic novel-It moves effortlessly from surreal comedy to touching scenes of domestic intimacy... A big rewarding read -- Gerard Woodward * Telegraph *
Powerful, dramatic and magical * Daily Mail *
Exhilarating...delivered with clarity, energy and imaginative force * New Statesman *
Lars Saabye Christensen is Norway's leading contemporary writere. He is the author of many novels as well as short stories and poetry. Christensen has won many prizes, including the Nordic Prize 2002, the Tarj Vesaas Prize for First Fiction, the Critics Prize and the Bookseller's Prize. His writing has been published throughout Europe, in the US and in Pakistan.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099459163 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099459167 |
| Title | The Half Brother |
| Author | Lars Saabye Christensen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2004-02-05 |
| Number of pages | 784 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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