Lit in Translation

Gaute Heivoll

Born 1978 · Norway

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Brage 2010 · Winner

    Before I Burn

    Før jeg brenner ned

    Gaute Heivoll · 32 when first published

    Novel · 307 pages · Crime, Autofiction

    AI-generated summary:In 1978 an arsonist terrorises Finsland, a village near Kristiansand. On one of those Sundays a baby boy is christened in the village church; decades later, as a writer, he reconstructs the fires.