Vigdis Hjorth’s

Aug 1, 2023 | versobooks.com | Vigdis Hjorth |Vigdis Hjorth’s

About halfway through Vigdis Hjorth’s A House in Norway, her protagonist, Alma, a textile artist and reluctant landlord, declines her boyfriend’s invitation to join him on a trip with several other couples at a cabin in the woods. The boyfriend, disappointed, lectures Alma ‘about normality’, a recurring theme in their relationship:The passage is both highly entertaining – Hjorth is frequently hilarious – and richly ironic.