Reviews

• “In the end it’s the character portrayals that capture you. You enjoy their company, especially in the portrayal of parents and children. When Lunde writes about how it feels to embrace the scrawny body of a child or stroking a soft cheek, she takes you there with her. When that is intertwined with grief over children’s development coming to a halt, that they are not learning anything now that time has stopped, great prose arises.”

• “Maja Lunde delivers razor-sharp portrayals of people in crisis. /…/ This is a unique novel unlike most things I have read. Not only does she hold a high literary level, she can also capture something universal. /…/ It is impossible not to be impressed by this novel: the quality of the prose, the story, and the message that Lunde manages to discreetly sneak into each and every chapter.”

• “This is a page-turner, and so heartbreaking that I don’t have the words for it. /…/ It is hard not to let oneself be enthused by this unusual story.”

• “A dystopian story with emotional depth.”

• “A fascinating thought experiment that long lingers in the mind.”

• “A book that is pleasantly uncomfortable.”

• “A great novel about life in the here and now and our relationship to nature.”

• “Profound and highly unique!”

• “Maja Lunde very cleverly translates the theme into literature by not engaging in grand philosophical reflections, but rather in the way of very concretely describing the effects of immortality on the lives of individuals. /…/ A very complex, multi-voiced, well-composed novel.”

• “Bestselling author Maja Lunde makes time stand still in her new novel, and I likewise completely forgot about the time while reading, so much did I want to know what was going on. /…/ A mystery that is endlessly captivating.”

• “With warmth and sensitivity, Maja Lunde tells a story about mortality, the present moment, and our connection to nature.”

• “Maja Lunde has sensitively written a great social novel that makes us think about how we want to live and what meaning time has for us.”

• “A poignant novel about life and its finiteness.”

• “The story is told with sensitivity and warmth about living in the present, our own mortality, and our connection to nature.”

• “Maja Lunde (…) is an extremely skilled author. She has a fantastic ability to almost photographically (…) portray everyday life. Apart from others with the same competence, you don’t get even a sense that she picks out the right components. Instead, you are drawn into the illusion that everything is there, that everything is portrayed. For a Scandinavian reader (…) this is highly effective, the closest resemblance is being inside a high-quality dollhouse with working electricity and tiny, tiny eggs in a tiny, tiny basket, tiny, tiny plates on a tiny, tiny table. It is FUN to read when you are so totally immersed.”