Vigdis Hjorth

• Feb-2017
• / Literary

A House in Norway tells the story of Alma, a divorced textile artist who makes a living from weaving standards for trade unions and marching bands. She lives alone in an old villa, and rents out an apartment in her house to supplement her income. ...

• Sep-2019
• / Literary

Longlisted for the National Book Award Four siblings, two summer houses, one terrible secret -- the “prickly, persuasive” bestseller from one of Norway’s most celebrated novelists, perfect for readers of Rachel Cusk and Karl Ove Knausgaard (New...

• Sep-2020
• / Literary

A “gripping, inspiring, and politically revolutionary” novel about loneliness, inadequacy, and connection, set against the backdrop of the Norwegian postal service -- for fans of Nicole Krauss and Sheila Heti (Vanity Fair). From the prize-winni...

• Nov-2022
• / Literary

Longlisted for the International Booker PrizeA cat and mouse game of surveillance and psychological torment develops between a middleaged artist and her aging mother, as Vigdis Hjorth returns to the themes of her controverdsial modern classic, Will a...

• Sep-2024
• / General Fiction

NYPL's Best Books of 2024 A groundbreaking, potent novel about the destructive force of romantic love from award-winning writer Vigdis HjorthA relatively young woman, aged thirty. She married in her early twenties, had two children. It is winter. Ja...

• Mar-2026
• / Literary

Prize-winning novel by one of the foremost writers of her generation, explores the horror and beauty of being sixteen-years-old.In a Norwegian November, when it is dark at waking and dark at sleeping, a novelist in her sixties sits next to a teenaged...

• / General Fiction

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A controversial bestseller from one of Norway's most intelligent and highly regarded novelists

When a dispute over her parents' will grows bitter, Bergljot is drawn back into the orbit of the family she fled twenty years...