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| Title | : | Beatles (Kim Karlsen Trilogy #1) |
| Author | : | Lars Saabye Christensen |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 732 pages |
| Published | : | 2008 by Cappelen Damm (first published 1984) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. European Literature. Scandinavian Literature |
Lars Saabye Christensen
Paperback | Pages: 732 pages Rating: 4.2 | 4194 Users | 142 Reviews
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Beatles er en munter og vemodig roman om fire Beatles-frelste Oslogutter av årgang 1951, fra de som syvendeklassinger står på spranget inn i voksenverdenen - "Vi tok framtida på forskudd, og den så sabla bra ut" - til 25. september 1972. Ingen går tørskodd når dønningene fra ungdomsopprøret ute i Europa skyller inn over dem og deres beskyttende tilværelse. Aftenleserne har talt: Ingen etterkrigsroman beskriver Oslo bedre enn Lars Saabye Christensens oppvekstskildring fra Frogner.Particularize Books Toward Beatles (Kim Karlsen Trilogy #1)
| Original Title: | Beatles |
| ISBN: | 8202286409 (ISBN13: 9788202286408) |
| Edition Language: | Norwegian |
| Series: | Kim Karlsen Trilogy #1 |
| Setting: | Oslo(Norway) |
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Ratings: 4.2 From 4194 Users | 142 ReviewsComment On Epithetical Books Beatles (Kim Karlsen Trilogy #1)
Nobody writes with such originality about the shift from boyhood to adolescence and beyond as this author. I loved young Kims description of the theatre as worse than church and gymnasium combined as he endured an outing with his mother. Down the road a few years and Kim and his friends travel back home from Paris through a stinking Europe that lay on our skin like grey dirt. For me, the most beautiful part of the book is the encounter that the boys have with Freds mother at the same time asThe book is about four boys growing up in Oslo in th 60's. I think I can relate to this book because I lived by the place it was written about. It's a really funny story that made me laugh lots of times.
Reading 'Beatles' was another long walk I took down Memory Lane.Bless Lars Saabye Christensen for setting another novel in that specific area of Oslo I remember so fondly! The English edition I owe boasts that 'Beatles' is 'The International Bestseller' and in fact this is the book that made Mr Christensen famous in Norway and abroad. Not to mention that a few months ago I spotted a hoodie eagerly leafing through this same book at a bus stop in the sleepy English town of Hereford (just don't ask
This writer he doesn't just write a good story, he works a lot with the reader as well. I was so into this book that at a certain point, when the main character does something that really disappoints me, I stopped reading for several days. I was annoyed at him! That is great writing!
Drifts along page after page, the characters get a bit older and learn a few trite life-lessons along the way, and the only thing that makes it distinctive is the Norwegian setting...which barely seems worth commenting upon because the Norway that's depicted seems like just about everywhere else. Or was that the point of the novel? This is perfectly readable and has some entertaining moments but is really mediocre. The translation uses lots of anachronistic English slang words which is very
A novel that is so difficult to review. A book that shares a fine laugh, stupid lyricism, tragedies and tragic characters, a deep presense of The Beatles and Jim Morrison, 1960s perception of global politics etc etc etc. A fine piece of art - an example of a true literary architecture!
A coming of age story of 4 friends, and Beatles fans, told from the mid 60's to the beginning of the 70's. This is one of the books that you just can't wait to share with your friends. A beautiful read, specially if you live or know Oslo well . Top ranking in Norwegian literature.
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