Suddenly Hearing Someone Open a Door

Sara is four years old. Her mother is a student and is writing her dissertation. During the novel we are given an insight into their day-to-day life, into the young mother’s highly conscious and critical attitude to her own actions, her fear of clichés, her desire to be a good mother. But then everything comes to a stop.

‘… an entirely original book… impressive craftsmanship.’–VG ‘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.’ –NRK P2, Kulturnytt

‘…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.’ ‘ 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.‘