AUTUMN 2017 AUTUMN RIGHTS LIST RIGHTS FICTION AND NON-FICTION Content FORLAGET OKTOBER FORLAGET Literary fiction Forlaget Oktober 4 - Maja Lunde 24 - Rune Christiansen 6 - Helga Flatland 26 - Merethe Lindstrøm 8 - Carl Frode Tiller 28 - Thorvald Steen 10 - Jan Kjærstad 30 - Unn Conradi Andersen 11 - Lars Petter Sveen 31 - Hans Petter Blad 12 - Gøhril Gabrielsen 32 - Runa Fjellanger 13 - Thure Erik Lund 33 - Kristin Friis 14 - Roskva Koritzinsky 34 - Tormod Haugland 15 - Toril Brekke 35 - Vilde Heggem 2 3 Oslo Literary Agency is Norway’s biggest literary 36 - Edvard Hoem agency, representing authors in the genres of literary fiction, crime and commercial fiction, children’s and Crime and Thrillers 37 - Marie Landmark YA books and non-fiction. 16 - Tom Egeland 38 - Terje Holtet Larsen Oslo Literary Agency was established in 2016, 17 - Aslak Nore 39 - Tove Nilsen transforming from the in-house Aschehoug Agency to an agency representing authors from any 18 - Trude Teige 40 - Rita Paramalingam publisher. 41 - Anne B. Ragde In addition, Oslo Literary Agency carries full Non-Fiction 42 - Tore Renberg representation of Norway's largest publisher of literary fiction, Forlaget Oktober. 19 - Malin Stensønes 43 - Marit Tusvik 20 - Pål Moddi Knutsen 44 - Lars Amund Vaage 22 - Alf Kjetil Walgermo 45 - Morten Øen 46 - Hanne Ørstavik Oslo Literary Agency, Sehesteds gate 3, P. O. Box 363 Sentrum, N-0102 Oslo, Norway osloliteraryagency.no Maja Lunde Blue ASCHEHOUG - LITERARY FICTION LITERARY - ASCHEHOUG Maja Lunde swept the world off its feet with FICTION LITERARY - ASCHEHOUG her debut novel The History of Bees. Now she is back with another magnificent and grip- ping story about people and water. 2017: Signe is close to 70, but sets out on a hazardous ocean journey, all alone and carrying a strange load, to confront the man she once loved. 2041: David feels too young to be a father, but has to flee alone with his young daughter through a drough ridden Southern Europe, where there isn 't enough water for all anymore. Everything changes the day they discover an abandoned sailboat in a deserted garden far away from any shore. 4 5 Blue is the second, stand-alone novel of Lunde's The Climate Quartet. The History of Bees: Sold to 30 territories Quite simply the most visionary Norwegian novel I have read since the first instalment of 250 000 books sold in Germany Knausgård’s ‘My Struggle’. Winner of the Norwegian Booksellers Award - Expressen, Sweden, on The History of Bees Maja Lunde Maja Lunde (b. 1975) is a Norwegian author and screenwriter. She lives with her husband and three sons in Oslo. The History of Bees (2015) is her first adult novel. It recieved massive attention when it was first presented at the London Book Fair (Spring 2015), and was sold to seven languages before the book was launched. Her second novel Blue will be launched in October 2017. Photo: Oda Berby Blå Novel Aschehoug, 2017 370 pages Helga Flatland A Modern Family Flatland has perfected her literary style, and this novel hits the bull’s eye. And, she is funny, too. With this book, Flatland ASCHEHOUG - LITERARY FICTION LITERARY - ASCHEHOUG «We’re leaving each other» FICTION LITERARY - ASCHEHOUG demonstrates, once again, her impressing skills in describing the modern human being – or rather, a modern family. (…) A quiet earthquake occurs as siblings Liv, Cements her position as one of our most important, younger Ellen and Håkon, along with their partners authors and children, are gathered around the dinner – Dagbladet, 6 out of 6 stars table somewhere on the outskirts of Rome to celebrate Dad and Granddad Håkon’s 70th birthday. There is a hint of Ingmar Bergman in this portrayal of a com- pletely normal family, it delves deep and wrenches your heart. Shock and disbelief follow, as the three – Adresseavisen, 6 out of 6 stars grown children tries to cope with their parent’s decision. Not only does it affect their relationship as siblings, it echoes through the Once again, Helga Flatland proves that she is an unusually wise homes they have built for themselves, as well and sharp observer of people, of how we act, and interact, of as forcing them to them reconstruct their our traumas and coping mechanisms. Her prose is crystal clear shared narrative about their upbringing and and unpretentious, spiced up with drips of humor. family history. – Dagsavisen 6 7 Helga Flatland masterfully conducts this story, voiced in turn by Liv, Ellen and Håkon, Rights sold to: Buckle up and enjoy this novel – a roller coaster of a read. with rare psychological insight, humor and Sweden (Polaris) Intense emotions, highs and lows, and the events that set Germany (Weidle) an almost filmatic narrative drive. A Modern them in motion are vibrantly and insightfully described. Hope, Bulgaria (Perseus) Family is a novel that will make you look at razor-sharp irony, suffocating jealousy and heartfelt unity, the people closest to you just a little more characterize this so-called modern family, that on the outside is thoroughly. so well-polished and old-fashioned that no one gets to stay in- doors on a sunny day and everyone eats pancakes for breakfast at everyone’s birthday. – Bok365.no Helga Flatland A Modern Family is an important novel, adressing the challeng- Helga Flatland (b. 1984) is already one of Norway’s most awarded es of interaction with the ones close to you in a way that every and widely read authors. She has written four novels and a children’s reader can relate to book. Of her trilogy Stay if you can, leave if you must the Danish - NRK Extrabladet wrote: "Each novel on its own is a stylistic masterpiece that could, but shouldn’t be read separately. Together they form a Photo: Niklas Lello phenomenal story." En moderne familie Novel Aschehoug, 2017 239 pages Carl Frode Tiller Beginnings ASCHEHOUG - LITERARY FICTION LITERARY - ASCHEHOUG Life can only be understood backwards; but FICTION LITERARY - ASCHEHOUG it must be lived forwards, Søren Kierkegaard Beginnings by Carl Frode Tiller has it all: A fascinating composi- wrote. Beginnings is the story of one man’s tion, black humor, moving scenes, psychological depth, poetic life, told from end to start, from suicide to features (...) An Ibsen's Brand for our time. birth. To better cast light on the ever recur- - Aftenposten ring question of why life turned out just the way it did? Dark glowing fiction art (...) Tiller is best in this country when it Terje is a father and a husbond, a son, a comes to describing extremely uptight, desperate and despairing brother and an environmentalist. Pained by characters. his shortcomings when it comes to interact- - NRK ing with the ones closest to him and wres- tling with the notion that his activism and efforts on a local scale just might be useless in Heartbreaking and psychologically poignant (…) Hardly any other the face of a global catastrophe. Norwegian author makes such convincing and merciless use of the trivial and banal in everyday conversations to reveal deep Pr human relations. 8 - Dagsavisen 9 A gripping and highly original novel about choice, freedom and determinism. Nominated to the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2010 Winner of the European Prize for Literature 2009 How fortunate we are to have an author like Carl Frode Tiller's Winner of the Hunger Prize 2008 view on human nature. Nominated to the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2008 Winner of the Norwegian Book Award Brage Prize 2007 - Dagens Næringsliv Winner of the Critics’ Prize 2007 Winner of the Tarjei Vesaas First Book Award 2001 Winner of the P2 Listeners’ Best Novel Prize 2001 One of the fall's best books, with an unmistakenly Tiller-ish signa- ture. - Bergens Tidende Carl Frode Tiller Carl Frode Tiller (b 1970) is admired for his instantly recognizable, His nature scenes has a hint of the language and imagery of Jon furious prose and his ability to create vivid, complex characters. In Fosse (...) a novel on the very top shelf of this author's body of 2005 he was named one of the 10 best Norwegian writers under 35. work. In 2006, The Slope was named among the 25 most important Nor- - Morgenbladet wegian novels from the last 25 years in the newspaper Dagbladet. In addition to his novels, Tiller has written three plays and a number of Photo: Therese Alice Sanne short stories and short prose. Begynnelser Novel Aschehoug, 2017 343 pages Jan Kjærstad Lars Petter Sveen Berge Five Stars ASCHEHOUG - LITERARY FICTION LITERARY - ASCHEHOUG Those who aren’t moved and shaken by this story, are either Five young people fleeing through an un- FICTION LITERARY - ASCHEHOUG completely uninterested in literature in this genere, or some- known world. how emotonally detached. - Dagbladet Aisha and Said are child soldiers, but manage On a warm day in August 2008, Labor Party to escape from the camp outside Mogadishu. minister Arve Storefjeld and several members Later they meet Isir, Aaliyah and Khadar of his family, are found murdered in their who is also on the run. The five decide to family cabin at Blankwater, in the Nordmarka stick together and try to make it to Europe. forest. Five people with their throats slit. But how do you survive in a world where you are unwanted by all? Journalist Ine Wang has felt out of touch lately. But the Storefjeld murders changes ev- This is the story about those who loose all erything. Judge Peter Malm lives a withdrawn and flee to nothing, but also about hope, life and attends his hobbies in happy solitude. commitment and friendship. And of who you The last thing he wants is attention drawn become when no one knows you are.