Echoes of the City

A portrait formulated with the poetic melancholy so typical of Saabye Christensen at his best. * Dagbladet *Lars Saabye Christensen at the height of his powers. * N.R.K. *The kind of novel that does not shout loudly, but is borne along by fine characterisation and wisdom disguised as sparkling gold grains, consolidating Lars Saabye Christensen’s position as Oslo’s premier home-town poet * Dagsavisen *“Memory is sorrow. History is reconciliation.” These are the last words in the author’s own voice that we read. This profoundly resonant novel - which ends in 1951, with more to come - invites us to ponder these ideas afresh. – Paul Binding * Times Literary Supplement *With its tonal nuance and quietly amusing melancholy, Echoes of the City confirms him as one of Norway’s finest writers” * Guardian *A poignant meditation on memory, on finding one’s place in the world, on family ties, loss and heartbreak … We are easily drawn into their lives and by the end it is hard to part with these characters who we have come to know so well. * London Magazine *

LARS SAABYE CHRISTENSEN has published a number of novels, poetry and short story collections, his breakthrough coming in 1984 with Beatles, one of Norway’s bestselling books still. He received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for The Half Brother in 2001. He has also received the Riverton Prize, the Critics’ Prize, the Brage Prize, the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize, the Dobloug Prize and the Norwegian Reader’s Prize. His novels have now been published in 36 countries.

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