Karate Chop collects fifteen short stories in less than ninety pages. These compact pieces impress especially with their voice, understated and affectless, which heightens the unease one feels confronted with these situations -- in most of them: an underlying sadness and despair, a threat of violence.

2017-08-17 · Title: Karate Chop: Stories Author: Dorthe Nors Translator: Martin Aitken Published by: Graywolf Press My rating: 2 out of 5 stars Where I got the book: Public library Content warning: Domestic violence "Karate Chop, Dorthe Nors's acclaimed story collection, is the debut book in the collaboration between Graywolf Press and A Public Space.

The first, obvious thing to note about Danish writer Dorthe Nors’s stories in Karate Chop is their brevity—the fifteen pieces here are on average only a few paragraphs longer than this review. The majority of them are dark and good, and a few stories are exceptional. The first book in English by an acclaimed Danish writer: "beautiful, faceted, haunting stories . . . [from] a rising star" (Junot Díaz) Karate Chop, Dorthe Nors's acclaimed story collection, is the debut book in the collaboration between Graywolf Press and A Public Space Author Dorthe Nors knows how to capture the smallest moments and sculpt them into the unforgettable’ Oprah ‘Theintricately crafted stories in Karate Chop, from popular Danish writer Dorthe Nors, focus on ordinary occurrences .

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Skickas inom 6-8 vardagar. Köp boken Karate Chop av Dorthe Nors (ISBN 9781782274322) hos Adlibris. Fraktfritt över 229 kr Alltid glittering tales, Dorthe Nors sketches ordinary lives taking unexpected turns: a walk amongst the herons in Copenhagen inspires depraved thoughts; a woman… Two works from Danish author Dorthe Nors, published back to back. Karate Chop In these miniature tales, Dorthe Nors sketches ordinary lives taking Dorthe Nors is one of the most original voices of contemporary Danish letters.

These fifteen compact stories are meticulously observed glimpses of everyday life that expose the ominous lurking under the ordinary. Dorthe Nors is one of the most original voices of contemporary Danish letters. She has written two celebrated short story collections, Karate Chop and Wild Swims, as well as one novella and five novels, including the most recent: Mirror, Shoulder, Signal (2016), which was a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2017.

The Guardian : Karate Chop/Minna Needs Rehearsal Space by Dorthe Nors – review (March 04, 2015) In this slim volume, even the author blurb is exciting: it tells us that as well as this novella and collection of stories, Nors has written four novels not yet translated into English.

These fifteen compact stories are meticulously observed glimpses of everyday life that expose the ominous lurking under the ordinary. 2015-03-04 Nors knows and understands so much about us; her perceptions frequently shock with their acuity, though within seconds you recognize them as, yes, true. Read "The Winter Garden" by Dorthe Nors in APS 12 and "Karate Chop" in APS 14.

Karate Chop by Dorthe Nors Blending compassion with dark delight, Nors conjures up a flawed, unsettlingly familiar world with each cautionary glance – as fresh moments of wonder, romance and frail beauty are unexpectedly infiltrated by depravity, isolation and despair.

Karate Chop, Dorthe Nors's acclaimed story collection, is the debut book in the collaboration between Graywolf Press and A Public Space.These fifteen compact stories are meticulously observed glimpses of everyday life that expose the ominous lurking under the ordinary. Karate Chop by Dorthe Nors Blending compassion with dark delight, Nors conjures up a flawed, unsettlingly familiar world with each cautionary glance – as fresh moments of wonder, romance and frail beauty are unexpectedly infiltrated by depravity, isolation and despair.

Köp boken Karate Chop av Dorthe Nors (ISBN 9781782274322) hos Adlibris. Fraktfritt över 229 kr Alltid glittering tales, Dorthe Nors sketches ordinary lives taking unexpected turns: a walk amongst the herons in Copenhagen inspires depraved thoughts; a woman… Two works from Danish author Dorthe Nors, published back to back. Karate Chop In these miniature tales, Dorthe Nors sketches ordinary lives taking Dorthe Nors is one of the most original voices of contemporary Danish letters. She has written two celebrated short story collections, Karate Chop and Wild * Karate chop ; Minna needs rehearsal space novellsamlingen Kanstlag och romanen Minna mangler et øvelokale i översättning av Martin Aitken och Misha 2015-sep-07 - Welcome to our second installment of Sneak Peek.
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She has written two lauded short story collections, Karate Chop and Wild Swims, as well as one novella and five novels, including the most recent: Mirror, Shoulder, Signal (2016), which was a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2017. Karate Chop collects fifteen short stories in less than ninety pages. These compact pieces impress especially with their voice, understated and affectless, which heightens the unease one feels confronted with these situations -- in most of them: an underlying sadness and despair, a threat of violence. Karate Chop, Dorthe Nors's acclaimed story collection, is the debut book in the collaboration between Graywolf Press and A Public Space.These fifteen compact stories are meticulously observed glimpses of everyday life that expose the ominous lurking under the ordinary.

This is a rebound edition of a selection of their shorter works. Karate Chop, Dorthe Nors’s acclaimed story collection, is the debut title in the collaboration between Graywolf Press and A Public Space.These fifteen compact stories are meticulously observed glimpses of everyday life that expose the ominous lurking under the ordinary: while his wife sleeps, a husband prowls the Internet, obsessed with female serial killers; a bureaucrat tries to reinvent Review: 'Karate Chop,' by Dorthe Nors FICTION: A collection of dark, bold, magnetic short stories from an original Danish voice, featuring characters down on their luck, muddling through or Nors knows and understands so much about us; her perceptions frequently shock with their acuity, though within seconds you recognize them as, yes, true. Read "The Winter Garden" by Dorthe Nors in APS 12 and "Karate Chop" in APS 14. Tags: Dorthe Nors, Karate Chop.
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Dorthe Nors (Herning, 1970) es licenciada en Literatura e Historia del Arte por la Es autora de cuatro novelas y de un volumen de relatos, Karate Chop, con el

Karate Chop is a small, dark collection. It consists of fifteen stories, most only a few pages long. Nors’s work often sounds like a parable relayed by one … 2018-09-19 · A story from Karate Chop, “The Heron,” was the first by a Danish writer to be published in The New Yorker.

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Dorthe Nors. Dorthe Nors is a critically acclaimed author from Denmark. She has written two short story collections, Karate Chop and Wild Swims, as well as one nov

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Dorthe Nors is the author of Mirror, Shoulder, Signal, So Much for That Winter, and Karate Chop, winner of the Per Olov Enquist Literary Prize, and four other

Dorthe Nors debuterade “Karate Chop is simply a magnificent book. Get ready to be The Publisher Says: Dorthe Nors follows up her acclaimed story collection Karate Chop with a pair of novellas that playfully chart the aftermath of two very twenty- Karate Chop & Minna Needs Rehearsal Space (Häftad, 2015) - Hitta lägsta pris hos PriceRunner ✓ Jämför priser Nors, Dorthe, Häftad, Engelska, 2015-02. Nors, Dorthe, 1970- (författare); [Kantslag. Engelska]; Karate chop ; Minna needs rehearsal space / Dorthe Nors ; translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken, Utbildning. Ett kort tag studerade Nors religionsvetenskap men ändrade sedan ämnesområde till nordisk litteratur och konsthistoria, som hon 1999 tog Kantslag – främst förknippar jag termen med trummor men den engelska titeln är Karate chop – innehåller femton tajta noveller.

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