Beyond the Great Indoors - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552772097 ISBN 13: 9780552772099

Publisher: Black Swan, 2005

Synopsis

This touching story of two neurotic, single men who must now find their own way in the world and become normal, average people, is told with deceptively simple language, gentle quirky comedy, and wonderful characters, and offers a surprisingly profound view of the world.

About this title

About the Author:

Ingvar Ambjornsen was born in 1956 and is considered one of the most important contemporary Norwegian writers as well as one of the most popular. Alongside his comic series of four Elling novels, he has also written some more literary novels and children's books. He was won several literary prizes in Norway.

Review:

"'Hilarious ... Told with balance, pace and wit ... This book is unhesitatingly recommended as a bizarrely ordinary celebration of friendship, love and adventure against the odds.'" * Independent * "'Ambjornsen creates a gentle, but never saccharine, comedy out of Elling's tentative engagement with the world beyond the great indoors. He gives Elling an endearing, childishly direct voice, but adds an edge of anger that keeps the tone arrestingly eccentric.'" * Guardian * "'Brilliant.'" * FHM (Best New Fiction) *

About this edition

• Publisher: Black Swan
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0552772097
• ISBN 13: 9780552772099
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304