Recommended Reading

     Norway has an exceptional literary tradition.  For a small country of 5.3m, it has great writers both past, think Ibsen and Hamsun, and present. think Per Pettersen and Roy Jacobson. Books published around the world are quickly translated into Norwegian. Once Joanne and I stopped a middle aged woman on the street in Norway to ask directions and when we asked her if she could speak English she replied "Of course."  So, many Norwegians could read English books with out translation.
     After re-reading, with delight, Norwegian, Roy Jacobson's The Unseen, I wondered what else he had written. His Child Wonder was copyrighted in 2009, and I found it a great read. It's a very child-centric book narrated by the child protagonist.  Jacobson has a writing style that intimates and lets the reader supply details and fill in the blanks...very effective.
      Child Wonder, very aptly named, slides along as a very pleasant story until the conclusion startles while illuminating much of what has preceded.  Here's hoping that Jacobson continues to write. As, is true of The Unseen, family dynamics are much in play...'family systems' anyone?


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Al
   

In front of Ingedal church in southern Norway.