A Lifeless Story of Trembling Desire
Translated from Norwegian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Aftenposten reviews Alexander Krag Kielland’s novel “Flink gutt,” which explores unequal power relationships among gay men.
- The review says the novel’s narrator digs intensely into his own past and other people’s pasts, but that the author struggles to find the right form for the story.
Alexander Krag Kielland’s “Flink gutt” tackles skewed power relationships among gay men, but the novel struggles to find the form its story needs.
The narrator digs feverishly into both his own past and the past of others. The review frames that search as part of the reason people write and read novels: some questions, especially about what others thought in their youth, may never receive clear answers.
Even so, the review says the novel has something important to say.
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Originally published by Aftenposten in Norwegian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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