SPRING 2021 SPRING RIGHTS LIST RIGHTS FICTION / NON-FICTION Content Cover illstration from the front cover of Kristine Getz: Poppy, design by Maria Sundberg. FORLAGET OKTOBER FORLAGET Fiction Forlaget Oktober 4 - Tore Renberg 6 - Monica Isakstuen 8 - Kristine Getz Fiction 32 - Mattis Øybø 10 - Gøhril Gabrielsen 34 - Lars Amund Vaage 11 - Ingrid Storholmen 36 - Edvard Hoem 12 - Ellen Vahr 38 - Kristin Friis 13 - Kjell Ola Dahl 39 - Frode Grytten 14 - Silje O. Ulstein 40 - Tormod Haugland 16 - Gudrun Skretting 2 41 - Marianne Clementin Håheim 3 18 - Maria Kjos Fonn 42 - Eirik Ingebrigtsen 19 - Heidi Sævareid 43 - Kristin Ribe Non-fiction 20 - Sissel Gran Non-fiction 21 - Sigrid Bratlie & Hallvard Kvale 44 - Espen Stueland 22 - Andreas Viestad Oslo Literary Agency is Norway’s largest literary 24 - Thomas Hylland Eriksen agency, representing authors in the genres of literary fiction, crime and commercial fiction, children’s and 26 - Marte Hasselø YA books and non-fiction. 28 - Lisa Aisato 30 - Lars Fr. H. Svendsen Oslo Literary Agency, Sehesteds gate 3, P. O. Box 363 Sentrum, N-0102 Oslo, Norway osloliteraryagency.no Tore Renberg Ingeborg’s Tollak From the reviews: CAPPELEN DAMM - FICTION - DAMM CAPPELEN CAPPELEN DAMM - FICTION - DAMM CAPPELEN The old sawmiller Tollak is a man of contradictions: proud and furious, righteous "What Renberg does with this story is masterful" and tender. He curses the world that has long - Bok365 ceased to make sense to him, but continues to brim with love for his good wife Ingeborg "Technically brilliant (…) an incredibly strong portrait and an who went missing several years ago. And intense family drama" now he is dying. - NRK His two children rarely visit, only Oddo, or Oddo-the-half-wit as the neighbors call him, "A furious, uncomfortable and intense novel from one our hangs around. Now, Tollak insists that his best storytellers (...) Ingeborg's Tollak is an energy bomb of daughter and son return home one more a novel, best devoured in a single sitting, that will leave the time. He needs to speak out and share his reader wondering, shaken and disturbed" secret before it is too late. - VG In this short novel that reads like both a "This compact, thrillerlike novel about love, violence and great love story and an intense thriller, Tore protest must be amongst the best things Tore Renberg has 4 Renberg has created a moving, complex and ever written (...) The way the author constructs this story, 5 disturbing portrait of a man of bygone times still makes it both moving and outstanding. And there aren’t Winner of the 2020 Norwegian Booksellers’ that is nonetheless timely and accurate today. Prize many Tollaks in contemporary Norwegian literature." - Aftenposten Shortlisted to the P2 Listener’s Prize (Nor- Ingeborg’sTollak is one of the most widely wegian Broadcasting Corporation) acclaimed and best-selling Norwegian books "A portrait of man, a tragic family tale, a piece of culture Shortlisted to the Norwegian Book this year, compared to works by authors like Bloggers' Prize Cormac McCarthy and Tarjei Vesaas. criticism, a beautiful love story… and a thriller (...) Inge- borg's Tollak is written in powerful and gorgeous prose with layer upon layer in the plot. And I dont’t think the author would mind me saying that this book had me thinking of Hamsun as well. Run out and buy it" Tore Renberg - Nettavisen Tore Renberg (b. 1972) is one of Norway's most beloved, versatile "Tore Renberg is a rock solid author. The portrait he creates and critically acclaimed authors and the winner of numerous literary of the old man Tollak had me thinking of Stoner by John awards. He made his debut in 1995 with the short story collection Sovende Floke and has since written several novels for adults and Williams" - children. - Tønsberg Blad Tollak til Ingeborg Novel Cappelen Damm, 2020 176 pages Monica Isakstuen My Friends GYLDENDAL - FICTION - GYLDENDAL My Friends is a story of friendships. FICTION - GYLDENDAL Conflicted friendships, friendships of convenience, invading friendships, "good- old"-friendships and those fresh and shiny budding friendships that sometimes resemble falling in love. Our protagonist has made an enemy. Or frenemy? What should she call a brilliant best friend whose face she wants to rip off, digging out the flesh from the cheeks with her bare hands? How she dreads her former friend’s own story of her, her version of events. At a big, horrible surprise birthday party our protagonist is confronted with every friend 6 she’s had throughout her life, or perhaps 7 "Temperature is soaring when with every friend she herself has been over Monica Isakstuen takes on controlling and the years. The speeches given are absurdly intimidating female friendships in her new, groundbreaking novel" - Dagbladet honest and increasingly confrontational. "READ THIS BOOK!!" - Klassekampen Norwegian Book Prize-winner Monica Isak- "My Friends is a clean-cut, well stuen is heartbreakingly funny and painfully thought-out work with an unusually play- precise in her take on the marvels and pitfalls ful and crystal clear prose" - Aftenposten of adult friendships. Monica Isakstuen Monica Isakstuen (b. 1976) won the 2016 Norwegian Book Award (Brageprisen) for fiction for her novel Be Kind to The Animals. Her books and plays have been translated into several languages. Mine venner Novel Gyldendal, 2021 272 pages Kristine Getz Poppy ASCHEHOUG - CRIME - ASCHEHOUG Poppy, a doll-like two-year-old, is without CRIME - ASCHEHOUG doubt the most watched and admired toddler in Norway. Every moment of her life is "Poppy maintains a high standard in most things that captured and shared with hundreds of have to do with plot, suspense and character descrip- thousands of followers on Instagram. The tion. Secondly, the book manages to put its finger on revenue it brings in has given her parents a commercial blogging in general and mom bloggers in lavish lifestyle and a family empire built on particular - as a societal problem." NRK cuteness. Then disaster strikes. Four hours after her parents have published a photo of Poppy outside her grandparents’ home (#sleepover), she disappears. The story hits the news in minutes. Police investigators Murphy and Tidemand take on a kidnapping case where every min- 8 ute counts. Is it about money? Is it about lust? 9 Is it about hate? And does it have any- thing Rights sold: to do with the unknown past of Poppy’s German (Ullstein) Danish (Modtryk) mother? Kristine Getz Kristine Getz (b. 1983) is a Norwegian writer who lives in Colorado, USA. She studied architecture and nutrition and now works as a freelance writer. She debuted with the bi- ographical nonfiction book Hvis jeg forsvinner, ser du meg da? (Will you see me if I vanish?) in 2012. Poppy is her literary debut. Poppy Crime Aschehoug, 2021 350 pages Gøhril Gabrielsen Ingrid Storholmen Between North and Night Stamen ASCHEHOUG - FICTION - ASCHEHOUG "In her best book to date, Gabrielsen Midwife and missionary Ingeborg travels to FICTION - ASCHEHOUG highlights a paradox that says something India in the 1980’s to work with the Santal very relevant about the mother-daughter people. relationship” - Morgenbladet The story starts when the young Ingeborg "I have rarely seen a more precise finds Jesus. We follow her mission to help depiction of the ambivalence in close relationships, which also highlight others as she simultaneously fights to better Gabrielsen’s mastery of language" herself and keep her faith. But is she fighting - Vårt Land the right fight? Is her work as a missionary really making a difference? What does a loveless life do to a person? And do you have Gøhril Gabrielsens new novel juxtaposes two to be good to do good? storylines, both featuring mothers who are willing to do anything for their daughters. A single mother in Norway is trying to understand and handle the dynamics in her «A powerful portrait of a missionary 10 own small family. At the same time, she reads midwife in India ... The author writes 11 and researches the story of the Finnish poet sin- cerely about entering an "The language is a pure delight, the idea is Edith Södergran who passed away at 31. unfamiliar society ... Ingrid great, the images are vivid and the themes are interesting" Storholmen is impressive in - Stavanger Aftenblad The book takes the reader into the partly both her knowledge of the real, partly imagined life of Södergran and Bible and midwifery ... Sold to Suhrkamp Insel, Germany her mother, examining the perils and often the ending is heart-breaking.” disastrous consequences of putting your child - Adresseavisen (5/6 stars) first at all costs. Gøhril Gabrielsen Ingrid Storholmen Gøhril Gabrielsen (b. 1961) made her debut with the novel Ingrid Storholmen made her debut in 2001 with The Poacher’s Law Unspeakable Events (2006) and has since then published five novels and has since published several collections of poetry and fiction. and won several awards for her work. Her books are translated into English and German. Mellom Nord og Natt Novel Støvberar Novel Aschehoug, 2021 251 pages Aschehoug, 2020 197 pages Ellen Vahr Kjell Ola Dahl The Brooklyn Bakery The Assistant ASCHEHOUG - FICTION - ASCHEHOUG Thea has left her family in Kristiania to work Following a dramatic car chase in 1924, CRIME - ASCHEHOUG for the rich and powerful Vanderbilt family bootlegger Jack Rivers is arrested by police in America. Her dream is to make enough officer Ludvig Paaske. Fourteen years later, money that she can someday go home and we meet the pair again under different buy back the family bakery. Then, Amanda circumstances: Paaske is now a private – the cheerful girl she shared a cabin with on investigator and Jack is his assistant. One the crossing – shows up. Amanda's encoun- day, a woman by the name of Vera Gruber ter with America has been brutal, and she visits Paaske with suspicions of her husband’s needs Thea's help.