Written in 1881, when melodrama and farce were still at their peak of popularity, Ibsen’s Ghosts is a three-act tragedy that explores uncomfortable, even forbidden themes. It is also a highly critical…
Het is bijzonder verheugend dat naast het prozawerk van de Zweedse schrijver August Strindberg nu een deel van zijn dramatisch oeuvre, gedeeltelijk voor het eerst in vertaling is verschenen. Het betre…
Among the masterpieces of world literature, this early verse drama by the celebrated Norwegian playwright humorously yet profoundly explores the virtues, vices, and follies common to all humanity — as…
Universally condemned in 1890 when it was written, Hedda Gabler has since become one of Ibsen's most frequently performed plays. Its title role is elusive and complex: Hedda is an intelligent and ambi…
Årets roman fra Karl Ove Knausgård, «Nattskolen», inngår i det store Morgenstjernen-verket som åpnet med romanen «Morgenstjernen» i 2020, og som videre består av «Ulvene fra evighetens skog» (2021) og…
Økonomiens sprog er overalt. Når politikere, chefer og økonomer siger, der “ikke er råd” eller noget “ikke kan betale sig,” lyder det faktuelt og uangribeligt for de fleste af os. Men værdi er ikke en…
One of the most important and controversial writers of the 20th century, Knut Hamsun made literary history with the publication in 1890 of this powerful, autobiographical novel recounting the abject p…
En stærk roman om den afstumpethed og afmagt, der opstår, når kærligheden forsvinder i en familie. Om vold. Om white trash. Om at blive voksen for tidligt. Om alt det, der sker, når håbet forsvinder.
Linea Maja Ernst debuterer med Kun til navlen, en samtidsroman om at være fanget i en livsfase og panikken over måske at være blevet mere småborgerlig, end man nogensinde havde frygtet.
A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the tragic hypocrisy of Victorian middle class marriage on the stage. The play ushered in a new socia…
