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An Interview with Vidar Sundstøl | Scandinavian Crime Fiction
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An Interview with Vidar Sundstøl. May 13, 2015. When the Norwegian author of the Minnesota Trilogy was in the U.S. as the third book was released, I was lucky enough to ask him some questions at my favorite bookstore, Once Upon a Crime. As I once did with Jussi Adler-Olsen. Here are my notes from that conversation. Can you tell us about yourself and your writing career? How did you come to write the Minnesota Trilogy? Photo of Lake Superior courtesy of fritzmb. Does he have children? What does he like, d...
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p/review of The Land of Dreams by Vidar Sundstøl | Scandinavian Crime Fiction
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P/review of The Land of Dreams. October 5, 2013. Later this month, the Univesity of Minnesota press will release the first volume in the Minnesota Trilogy by Vidar Sundstøl, a Norwegian author who spent two years living on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The Land of Dreams. Will be followed by. 2015) After reading the first, I’m impatient to read the rest. Photo of Baraga’s Cross courtesy of Jeffachen. The Land of Dreams,. If you are in the Twin Cities, be sure to stop by Once Upon a Crime. Looking at ...
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Only the Dead by Vidar Sundstøl | Scandinavian Crime Fiction
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August 27, 2014. Translated by Tiina Nunnally. University of Minnesota Press, September 1, 2014. The Land of Dreams. And if you haven’t, you might want to stop reading this review right now, because I can’t avoid serious spoliers for the first book. I’d turn back if I were you. Are we all right then? Ready to carry on? I did warn you. At one point in the book, as Lance is following his brother into the woods, he thinks to himself:. Were the rules still valid after what had happened? To the Top of the Mou...
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Barbara | Scandinavian Crime Fiction
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Review of The Father. April 10, 2016. Over at Reviewing the Evidence. By two men writing under the name Anton Svensson. It would be a pretty good primer for robbing banks, but mostly it’s a family saga with crime and is based on a true story. Silence of the Sea by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir. March 13, 2016. Once again, I’m reposting a review that I wrote originally for Reviewing the Evidence. I must say, I really enjoyed this book. Lawyer Thóra Gudmundsdóttir has a difficult case to handle. The elderly pare...
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Review of Crystal Nights by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen | Scandinavian Crime Fiction
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Review of Crystal Nights. By Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen. August 9, 2015. I got to know Dorte through her blog. Many years ago, first as a reviewer and then as an author. I only recently discovered that she not only writes cozy mysteries, she also writes the harder-edged ones that are my personal preference. So I was both happy and a little nervous when she offered me a review copy of. The book opens with a passage from a familiar Hans Christen Andersen story,. For the book to supply local color and backgr...
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An Interview with Jussi Adler-Olsen | Scandinavian Crime Fiction
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An Interview with Jussi Adler-Olsen. June 3, 2013. There was a great turn-out for Jussi Adler-Olsen’s stop at Once Upon a Crime. In Minneapolis this weekend. I had the pleasure of interviewing him and he graciously allowed me to record it all. What follows is a more or less accurate transcript. Yes, made in 2000, one year before nine-eleven, and the subject was about an airplane falling into a high tower and distributing anthrax letters. [expressions of awe and astonishment from the audience]. 8211; we w...
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Dekkarihylly: joulukuuta 2010
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Arvosteluja ja ajatuksia niin uudesta kuin vanhemmastakin rikoskirjallisuudesta. Dekkaritutkijan tarkastelussa koti- ja ulkomaisia dekkareita. Uusi Isku: jännityskertomuksia on ilmestynyt! Juuri ennen joulua ilmestyi Juri Nummelinin toimittaman Isku: jännityskertomuksia. Nettilehden toinen numero ja se löytyy täältä. Ensi vuonna tuttuun tapaan arvioita, esittelyjä ja uusiakin kujeita! Taannoin Suomen dekkariseuran sihteeri Leena Korsumäki. Vuoden 2010 kotimaisesta rikoskirjallisuudesta pisti pitkin vuott...
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Decolonizing Libraries (extended abstract) · Brian Rosenblum
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Decolonizing Libraries (extended abstract). During the Fall 2014 term I participated in the Hall Center for the Humanities. Faculty Colloquium on the theme of Decolonizing Knowledge. For organizing it (and inviting me to participate), along with all the other colloquium participants. A publication from the colloquium should be available soon. Libraries, however, also hold a potential for resistance and change that can b...
