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Young Arvid Jansen lives on the outskirts of Oslo. It's the early sixties; his father works in a shoe factory and his Danish mother works as a cleaner. Arvid has nightmares about crocodiles and still wets his bed at night, but slowly he begins to understand the world around him. Vivid images accompany each new event: A photo of his mother as a young woman makes him cry as he realizes how time passes, and the black car that comes to collect his father...
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"In this collection Øyehaug's short stories-- some one or two pages long-- converse with, contradict, and expand upon one another. Her stories revolt against the ordinary, reaching instead for the wonder to be found in fantasy and absurdity."--
"A new short story collection from international literary star Gunnhild Øyehaug"--
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