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Christensen, Lars Saabye, 1953-
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Brothers -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Forgiveness -- Fiction.
Oslo (Norway) -- Fiction.
Norway -- Fiction.
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Christensen, Lars Saabye, 1953-
Brothers -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Forgiveness -- Fiction.
Oslo (Norway) -- Fiction.
Norway -- Fiction.
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The half brother : a novel / by
Lars
Saabye
Christensen
; [translated by Kenneth Steven].
by
Christensen
,
Lars
Saabye
,
1953-
Arcade, c2004.
Call #:
FICTION CHR
Subjects
Brothers -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Forgiveness -- Fiction.
Oslo (Norway) -- Fiction.
Norway -- Fiction.
ISBN:
1559707151
Uniform title:
Halvbroren
. English
Edition:
1st North American ed.
Description:
682 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"First published in Norwegian by J.W. Cappelens Forlag, Oslo, under the title
Halvbroren
in 2001, and in English by Arcadia Books Ltd., London"--T.p. verso.
"Originally published: Oslo : J.W. Cappelen, c2001"--T.p. verso.
Summary:
Novel charts 50 years in the life of an unconventional Oslo family, lighted by gleams of the frozen north and the glow of movie screens. Narrator Barnum, an award-winning screenwriter, retraces his family's history, which begins with the rape of his mother, Vera, as a young girl at the end of World War II. From this crime, Barnum's half-brother, Fred, is conceived. Fred is angry, prone to mood swings and outbursts of verbal cruelty. But he is also street-smart, self-reliant and fiercely—if erratically—protective of Barnum, a small, sensitive boy who never grows to full height. The boys live with Vera and an extended family of spirited, loving women, including the Old One, Barnum's great grandmother (a former silent movie actress), and his beer-drinking grandmother, Boletta. Barnum's father is Arnold Nilsen, an itinerant con man, who woos and marries Vera. When Barnum is almost grown up, unpredictable Fred goes to sea and disappears, leaving Barnum angry and confused. Barnum finds companionship and love through his relationships with friends Peder and Vivian, eventually marrying Vivian, but their connection unravels, particularly with Vivian's pregnancy—a pregnancy that torments Barnum, who is secretly infertile. Barnum's conflicted, complicated love for his brother anchors the novel, but
Christensen
tenderly explores all sorts of human connection, examining the emotions aroused by absence and persistence, and the complex nature of family and forgiveness.
Genre:
Psychological fiction.
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