The Weather Changed, Summer Came and so on

A beautiful and riveting story about lifelong grief and the life-giving power of music. Pedro Carmona-Alvarez's latest novel impresses and titillates: hopefully the sequel is right around the corner!

Pedro Carmona-Alvarez has written an astute book, a sentient, poetic book. [...] The book’s greatest strength is found in its observations of the close interactions between people: the young couple in love, the son in conflict with his father, the rivalry between sisters. All of the dynamics are familiar, archetypical. It is then up to Carmona-Alvarez's language and tone to set them in motion, and he does so with style.

Powerful opening of a trilogy from Bergen [...] As an American in Norway, Johnny experiences life without roots. He falls between languages and cultures, brilliantly expressed through dialogues composed of hacking syntax and where the language switches between American English and Norwegian. Carmona-Alvarez, who personally came from Chile to Norway at the age of 10, has an awareness of nuances in language and syntax that provides an underlying structure for the theme.

Gifted and poetic narrative art [...] In the 232 page long The weather changed, summer came and so on [Carmona-Alvarez] writes not only in an accessible fashion about universal themes, such as grief, divorce and the relationship between parents and children. He has his own poetic, enigmatic style that it is a pleasure to become better acquainted with [...] The Bergen author writes wisely and well about the insurmountable, about life crises. At times The weather changed, summer came and so on is brilliantly eloquent. [...] The first book moves the reader, and creates hunger for more.

Shattering grief, a young person’s ability to manage everything and the power of the feeling of alienation. Pedro Carmona-Alvarez' novel The weather changed, summer came and so on has all of this. It is also a great success.