Drought Summer

It tells the story of twelve-year-old Snorre Buvin, who lives throught a dramatic summer, both inwardly and outwardly. The village of Veste Spån is suffering from drought, and his father, along with other farmers, fears the consequences. Snorre’s mother becomes mentally ill and is eventually hospitalized. The neighboring farmer Rolleiv becomes important to Snorre, until something happens between them that should never have happened. Snorre feels different. At times, he does not know whether he is a boy, a girl, or an elf. Drought Summer is written in a vivid, poetic language with distinctly literary orality to it.