Clearing Out

Convincing solemnity and stylish simplicity

From a literary point of view, this is one of Helene Uri’s most exciting books (…) executed with a living presence and an inquisitiveness that is bound to spellbind.

Helene Uri's work fascinates and moves me, not least the way in which she describes and  processes her own grieving, both when it comes to all the things she never got to know, and when she experiences her own mother's quiet journey out of life

Dying language, lively story ... Good and compelling ... This time [Uri] shows us the construction of the story, and it still comes alive. That is very well done. And as always in a book by Helene Uri, there are lots of things to learn, especially about languages.

an intricate book on kinship and language, and how death affects both ... in spite of a lack of big and bombastic events, the fervour and zest make you read on. The documenting of the most quiet and natural thing in human lives, the final sleep, is fascinating ... Uri draws up an enticing picture of [Northern places] constantly steeped in darkness.