Shame

Shame is a compelling and ambitious tale of suffering and redemption. It is the story of Idun, a woman no less intelligent than her successful twin sister, Kathrine, but a succession of traumatic childhood experiences condemn her to a life spent mostly in a mental hospital (at her sister's instigation). There she begins to write of the trials of her own life as well as those of Norway itself: her experiences fuse with the German occupation of her country, the shame of collaboration, and the moral and spiritual upheavals of a nation—and of a sister—betrayed.

The novel is luminous, written with the finest psychological insight and a streak of devastating black comedy.

Foreign Rights:

Harvill, England

Meulenhof, Netherland

Bonnier Alba, Swenden

Munksgaard, Denmark

Atena, Latvia

Alianza, Spain

Gaïa, France