Tuesday , September 28th, 2004, at 7 pm
The Norwegian Seamen’s Church
Meet the Author
Lars Saabye Christensen interviewed by Hall Bjørnstad

Lars Saabye Christensen is one of the most recognized Norwegian authors of today. His novel 'Halvbroren' was published in Norway in 2001 and for this, Saabye Christensen received the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2002. The panel of judges said: "In its diverse richness, the novel stretches over several generations of history and alternates between realist and fantastic." This autumn "The Half Brother" is published in the US - and in that occasion we are happy to invite you to meet the author - at the Norwegian Seamen's Church, Tuesday, September 28th, at 7 p.m. Lars Saabye Christensen will be interviewed by Hall Bjørnstad, doctoral fellow with the Norwegian Research Council, currently writing his dissertation in Princeton in french litterature about the philosopher Blaise Pascal. Hall Bjørnstad has published several books with interviews with Norwegian philosophers and intellectuals. The program will be in English.

From the reviews: "The Half Brother is magnificent: a roman fleuve within a single volume. Sub-plots, reflections and inventive sidelines run into the mainstream narrative, with only the odd new paragraph or chapter allowed to break the smooth bulk of the text. (...) The Half Brother is like Paul Auster's The Book of Illusions meeting Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections." Anna Paterson, The Independent

Where: The Norwegian Seamen’s Church 317 East 52nd Street
(between 1st and 2nd avenue),
When: Tuesday, September 28th, at 7 p.m.
Admission: Free