Fanny and the Mystery in the Grieving Forest [Paperback]

Shortlisted for the 2017 Brage Prize

Fanny, a 17-year-old high school senior, has lost both her parents in a car accident. Granted permission to live independently in the family home located on the outskirts of a small Norwegian town, the days pass by as she performs her daily routine: going to school, maintaining the house, chopping and stacking wood, and keeping the weeds at bay. As Fanny grieves and attempts to come to terms with the sad circumstances of her life, a fairy tale-like world full of new possibilities begins to emerge around her.

Written by Rune Christiansen, one of Norway's most exciting literary talents, and masterfully translated by Kari Dickson,Fanny and the Mystery in the Grieving Forestis a beautiful, poetic portrait of grief, friendship, independence and transgression.

Fanny, a 17-year-old high school senior, loses both parents in a car accident. Granted permission to live independently in the family home, located on the outskirts of a small Norwegian town, the days pass by as she performs routine daily chores: going to school, maintaining the house, chopping and stacking wood, and keeping the weeds at bay. As Fanny grieves and attempts to come to terms with the sad circumstances of her life, a fairy tale-like world full of new possibilities begins to emerge around her.

RUNE CHRISTIANSEN?is a Norwegian poet and novelist. One of Norway's most important literary writers, he is the author of more than twenty books of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. He has won many prestigious awards, including the 2014 Brage Prize for his bestselling novel,?The Loneliness in Lydia Ernemans Life.?Fanny and the Mystery in the Grieving Forest?was shortlisted for the same prize and published in English by Book*hug Press in 2019. He is also a professor of creative writing. Christiansen lives just outside of Oslo, Norway.

KARI DICKSONis a literary translator. She translates from Norwegian, and hels&