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Mattis Øybø

Born 1971 · Norway

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    Brage 2021 · Shortlist

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    Title translated by AI:“The Last Survivor Is Dead”

    Mattis Øybø · 50 when first published

    Novel · 257 pages · War, Historical, Family

    AI-generated summary:Present-day lives are woven around a young Jewish student who flees Norway for Sweden in 1942, from his grandson about to become a father to a couple who find old letters revealing a forbidden wartime love.