Book club meeting 9

This month we’re reading a novella for our festive December book club: Love by Hanne Ørstavik.

Love is the story of Vibeke and Jon, a mother and son who have just moved to a small place in the north of Norway. It’s the day before Jon’s birthday, and a travelling carnival has come to the village. Jon goes out to sell lottery tickets for his sports club, and Vibeke is going to the library. From here on we follow the two individuals on their separate journeys through a cold winter’s night – while a sense of uneasiness grows. Love illustrates how language builds its own reality, and thus how mother and son can live in completely separate worlds…

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Our book club meets monthly in the book store to discuss recent works of fiction. We welcome newcomers, whether you are a fiction fanatic or a casual reader.