Suddenly Hearing Someone Open a Door

… an entirely original book… impressive craftsmanship.

It seems like a long time passes between each really important novel being published in this country. But now Trude Marstein has come up with her second.

…a compelling portrait of a young mother desperately seeking control.

With this year’s novel, she confirms that she is one of the key writers of her generation.

Marstein’s novel is dramatically stimulating – linguistically it’s consistently executed.

… Wonderfully suggestive… The book is close and intense… Marstein has mastery of her craft and confirms the originality of her talent.

It is terrifically good… an enduring author.

Suddenly Hearing Someone Open a Door is written with a linguistic precision in which tiny details become significant for bigger contexts. In terms of motifs, style and themes it is a consistent book. Marstein is a writer one should keep a watchful eye on in the future.