Convertible
by Åshild Norun
Description
It's 1967, and a young Norwegian family leaves Norway for California, looking for opportunity and the free and easy lifestyle. The young immigrants settle in a nice house in the suburb. The couple both find jobs, and the twin girls go to school. Dad buys a convertible, just like mom always wanted. She invites her three siblings for a Christmas visit. Two of them stay on, and the younger sister finds an American boyfriend. Every one wants a piece of the American pie, but the price gradually dawns on the blue-eyed immigrants, as they discover simmering racial divides and unrest over the Vietnam war, and watch the terrifying assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy on the nightly news. The American dream is bittersweet.
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All foreign rights available.
Author Biography
Åshild Norun lives and works in Oslo, Norway. She debuted as a novelist in 2016. Convertible is her first screenplay.
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Copyright © Sirkel Forlag 2020
Sirkel Forlag
Sirkel Forlag was set up in 2016 as an author´s cooperative enterprise. As of today, we represent six authors and have a catalogue of eight books, including poetry, non-fiction, an illustrated children’s book, a screenplay and four novels. Two of our novels have been supported by the Norwegian Arts Council. While our main mission is to promote innovative and independent authorship in Norway, we also hope to reach readers abroad through high-quality translations.
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- Publisher Sirkel Forlag
- Publication Date August 2020
- Orginal LanguageNorwegian
- ISBN/Identifier 9788293534242
- Publication Country or regionNorway
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 199 NOK
- Pages215
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleÅpen bil
- Copyright Year2020
- Dimensions22X14 cm
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