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Lars Saabye Christensen

Born 1953 · Norway

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Brage 2015 · Winner

    Magnet

    Lars Saabye Christensen · 62 when first published

    Novel · 779 pages · Love

    AI-generated summary:Jokum and Synne meet at a student village in Oslo in the 1970s. He becomes a photographer, she becomes his curator, and in San Francisco they start to climb in the art world.

  • In English

    Brage 2001 · Winner

    The Half Brother

    Halvbroren

    Lars Saabye Christensen · 48 when first published

    Novel · 766 pages · Family, Historical

    AI-generated summary:Three generations of women share a flat on Oslo’s Kirkeveien; on 8 May 1945 young Vera is raped in the attic, and her son Fred grows up beside his small, artistic half-brother Barnum.