Tor Åge BringsværdRezensionen

Vandaag dit boek voorgelezen voor mijn nichtje van 4. Ze luisterde ademloos. Best knap, want er zit erg veel tekst in. Het verhaal is leuk, maar had met veel minder zinnen gekund en was dan naar mijn mening krachtiger geweest. Maar toch, we hebben allebei van het voorlezen en van de mooie tekeningen genoten.

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This story was VERY VERY VERY long. It’s about a troll who want to know why they can not go outside in the daylight. He goes on a grand adventure meeting various trolls from fairy tales and fables in search of his answer. The illustrations scream 80’s, but are so well done, and so vibrant for a muted palette. An interesting book for an adult, but probably a snooze for most modern kids.

Riley, the little girl whose experiences getting up were chronicled in When Two Get Up, and whose going-to-bed routine is depicted in When Two Say Goodnight, here explores what it is like when two people get angry at one another. As she and her mother have an argument, the narrative imagines what various creatures and objects, from elephants to balloons, would do when angry. Eventually the narrative returns to Riley and Mommy, showing them making up...

Originally published in Norwegian as Når to er sinte på hverandre, this picture-book about anger is one of a number of titles from author Tor Åge Bringsværd and illustrator Tina Soli's "When Two..." series. Of the three I have read - the three to be translated into English thus far - this is my favorite. Like the others, it is entertaining and imaginative, but it also has more emotional significance, no doubt owing to the theme. I appreciated the lighthearted handling of the subject of anger, something most young children struggle to control, and thought the observation that when we are angry "we almost don't know what we are saying," was well made. The narrative encourages children in handling their anger in less hurtful ways, but doesn't stigmatize them when they fail to do so. The artwork is colorful and cute, and Soli continues to use colorful fonts in interesting ways. Recommended to anyone looking for stories about anger for the picture-book set.

Riley, the little girl whose getting-up routine with her father is chronicled in When Two Get Up, here engages in a bedtime game of make-believe with her mother. As the two engage in their nightly rituals in the artwork, the text imagines how various animals and objects, from giraffes to washcloths, would behave when saying goodnight. Then the narrative turns to Riley and Mommy saying goodnight , with a hug and a tucking in, and concludes with the idea that perhaps Riley will dream about butterflies saying goodnight...

Originally published in Norwegian as Når to sier godnatt, this colorful picture-book is one of a number of titles in author Tor Åge Bringsværd and illustrator Tina Soli's "When Two..." series. It features a young girl and her imaginative games, as she goes about one of her daily activities. Like When Two Get Up, the other book in the series that I have read, I found When Two Say Goodnight entertaining and imaginative. These books aren't going to become personal favorites - they're pleasant, but not memorable - although I'm glad to have read them, given my interest in translated children's literature. The artwork, although not exactly to my taste, is colorful and cute, and well-suited to the story, and I appreciate the use of colorful fonts. Recommended to readers looking for lighthearted bedtime fare for the picture-book set.

A little girl and her father get up together in this imaginative and lighthearted picture-book from Norway. As the two are depicted engaging in various activities, from yawning to putting their slippers on, making the bed to looking out the window, the narrative imagines what various creatures and objects might do, when they get up in the morning. When the narrative returns to the girl and her father, it describes them having breakfast, waving to Mommy as she goes off to work, and then cycling to school...

Originally published in Norwegian as Når to skal stå opp, this engaging getting-up story is one of a number of picture-books from author Tor Åge Bringsværd and illustrator Tina Soli in the "When Two..." series. I don't know that every getting-up scenario here made a great impression on me, but overall the simple text struck me as entertaining and imaginative. The artwork is colorful and cute, with a cartoonish style that isn't a personal favorite, but which works well with the story. I liked that the text was printed in various colors as well, as this fit the aesthetic of the book. Although I wouldn't describe When Two Get Up as particularly impressive, I was glad to read it, both because I'm interested in translated children's literature, and because getting-up stories are so much more uncommon than going-to-bed tales. I think I will track down the other two in the series that have been translated, When Two Say Goodnight and When Two Are Angry at Each Other.

Little Troll questions the prohibition on trolls going out in the sunshine in this Norwegian picture-book from author Tor Åge Bringsværd and illustrator Ingerlise Karlsen Kongsgaard. Joined by three animal friends - a moose calf, a bear cub, and a little fox - he journeys far and wide, asking a series of troll elders why their kind cannot go out during the daytime. None can give him an explanation, replying that it is simply how things have always been, something Little Troll finds deeply unfair. When he finally finds someone with an answer - an ancient troll so slow-moving that he is mistaken for a hill - Little Troll isn't sure what to think. Can it be true that it was only in ancient times, when trolls were Hoarfrost Gnomes and Ice Giants, that sunshine was harmful to them? Kinder and gentler now, can trolls truly go out into the daylight? Little Troll finds out when one of his animal friends is in danger, and he must come to the rescue...

Originally published in Norwegian as Lilletrollet, The Little Troll was translated into English and published by the Oslo-based N.W. Damm & Son. I'm not sure how widely available it was, here in the states, but I obtained a copy through inter-library loan. Appropriately enough, it came from St. Olaf College in Minnesota - an institution founded by Norwegian immigrants to the United States. No doubt they keep an extensive collection of Norwegian cultural items. In any case, I thought that this was a sweet little book, one which draws upon traditional folklore to spin an original tale. I chuckled at the reference to the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and found the idea behind Little Troll's quest - that sunlight is anethma to trolls - quite fascinating. One sees this idea in Tolkien as well, of course. The artwork wasn't quite to my taste - a little too cute, really - although I think it will probably have a lot of child appeal. Recommended to young folk and fairy-tale lovers, although would-be readers should be aware that this one is text-heavy, for a picture-book.

Background: The window of my office fell out for some reason. This reminded my colleague Ole Røgeberg of a passage from an old book by Norwegian author Tor Åge Bringsværd about the authoritarianism of doors and how one should rather enter through windows as a protest. Naturally, I had to go look up that passage. It is on pages 83-84: The book itself, a novel dealing with anarchist themes, is way too digression based for me, but the door-window passage is fantastic.½

Bare for å ha sagt dette aller først: denne boka er for viderekomne, som har vært en del i London og som har en del preferanser til det forfatteren forteller om! For førstegangsreisende anbefales helt andre reisebøker. For alle andre anbefales det å høre denne lydboka igjen og igjen og igjen! Jeg tror i alle fall ikke at jeg noen gang kommer til å bli ferdig med denne boka, som er så fantastisk bra at jeg fremdeles ikke er helt enig med meg selv mht. om jeg skal gi terningkast fem eller seks ...

Tor Åge Bringsværd "angriper" London nesten på Richard Herrmannsk vis! En rekke anekdoter, myter, historisk korrekte hendelser fra fjern og nær fortid, egne opplevelser og for den saks skyld andres fra diverse byvandringer - alt har han blandet sammen til en herlig coctail av smakebiter på hva London har å by på. Ikke forvent en reise i gourmetens London. Tor Åge Bringsværd er opptatt av å bruke pengene sine på alt annet enn overprisede, men dog så lekre retter. Som bøker, kulturopplevelser og den slags ... Anbefalingene hans står imidlertid i kø. Og det handler om markeder, bokhandlere, puber, plasser osv. Hans råd er klinkende klart: uansett hvor dårlig tid du har når du besøker London, så er det to ting du bare ikke dropper; det ene er Tower, det andre er Westminster Abbey!

Visste du for eksempel at det er mulig å få kjøpt teaterbilletter til halv pris på Leicester Square? Eller at du helst bør komme til Tower fra sjøveien - for å oppleve hvordan adkomsten virkelig var den gangen Tower ble brukt til det den var tiltenkt, nemlig å holde straff-fanger innesperret. Bringsværd beskriver stemninger så glitrende at jeg følte at jeg gikk i gatene sammen med ham. Og jeg følte at vi hadde mange like oppfatninger om mangt i LOndon. Som Carnaby Street, som ikke er hva det en gang var, og i bunn og grunn en stor skuffelse ...

Alle som kjenner historien om Henrik XIII og alle hans koner, vet at skilsmissen fra dronning Catherine av Aragon førte til at England brøt med den katolske kirken. Her får vi høre myten om hva som egentlig skjedde og som gjorde at paven var spesielt grinete den dagen den engelske utsendingen ankom Vatikanet for å anmode om kongens skilsmisse, slik at han kunne få sin elskede Anne Boleyn. Hvorfor ønsket ikke paven å diskutere skilsmissen i det hele tatt? Dermed skilte England lag med pavekirken og laget sin egen kirke. Henrik XIII ble lyst i bann og mange hoder dinglet etter dette. Bl.a. Sir Thomas More´s hode ...

Bringsværds bok er lattervekkende og humoristisk. Som f.eks. når han uttaler at hans teori er at alle dyre restauranter er befolket med mennesker som ikke betaler selv. Eller fraråder oss å gå på musicaler som har holdt det gående lenger enn alderen på våre barn, og hvor de skuespillerne som opprinnelig utgjorde trekkplasteret for lengst har hoppet av. Tvert i mot anbefaler han oss å gå på helt ukjente teaterstykker med kjente skuespillere. Hvem ville f.eks. ikke like å se Vanessa Redgrave i et hvilket som helst teaterstykke? Visste du for øvrig hva en kartosolog er? Ikke det, nei ... Vel, noen spenningsmomenter må jeg la stå igjen! Les boka selv! Med Nils Nordberg som oppleser er det en fornøyelig reise gjennom Londons kjente og ukjente strøk - nettopp en grunn til å høre lydboka om igjen og om igjen og om igjen ... Enjoy!

Det blir terningkast fem og en halv her!½

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One of the best things I'v ever read so far! I'v stumbled upon this novel while reading another book, that was citing this one. This story is a really good about poeple whos destiny is to cross eachothers path in New York. There are strange, odd, funny, wierd and awsome charachter that all are making this book to be the best ever!
The hardest thing is to tag it, because it has so many different dimensions. Sci-fi is the closest i get to explain it, and Bringsværd is a know Norwegian Sci-fi author; one of the few scandinavian sci-fi author...