His first publication was a collection of stories, Jeg skal til Katnosa i kveld (I am leaving for Katnosa tonight) in 1979 (new edition in 1998) followed by the critically acclaimed and all times bestseller Kvinnen som kledte seg naken for sin elskede (The Naked Madonna) in 1990, sold in countless editions and still being discovered by new readers who claim that "it's the best book I have ever read".
«A mature, assured first novel... The story reveals many secrets, but its real strength is that is also keeps some.»
Janneken Øverland, Dagbladet
«Provides a mature insight into the affinnity between religious fervour and sexual desire... an absolute gem of a novel.»
Søren Vinterberg, Politiken
Prizes:
The Nota Bene Prize 1991
Nominated to the Critics' Prize 1991