The Weather Changed, Summer Came and so on

They meet in New York in the late 1950s. They fall in love. They get married and move to Asbury Park. They have two daughters who are killed in an accident a few years later. Life grows dark. In 1967 they move to Norway. The next year they have another daughter, Marita.

The Weather Changed, Summer Came and so on is a short novel about big themes – about love, loss and estrangement, about being rootless, about living a tragedy and growing up in death’s shadows.

Rights sold to Turbine/DK, Open House/GER, Miklagard/Turkey, Seagull/India-UK-USA.

Nominated to the prestigious Booksellers' Prize

REVIEWS

"A beautiful and riveting story about lifelong grief and the life-giving power of music. Pedro Carmona-Alvarez's latest novel impresses and titillates: hopefully the sequel is right around the corner!” 5 out of 6 stars, VG

”Pedro Carmona-Alvarez has written an astute book, a sentient, poetic book. [...] The book’s greatest strength is found in its observations of the close interactions between people: the young couple in love, the son in conflict with his father, the rivalry between sisters. All of the dynamics are familiar, archetypical. It is then up to Carmona-Alvarez's language and tone to set them in motion, and he does so with style.”Klassekampen

"Powerful opening of a trilogy from Bergen [...] As an American in Norway, Johnny experiences life without roots. He falls between languages and cultures, brilliantly expressed through dialogues composed of hacking syntax and where the language switches between American English and Norwegian. Carmona-Alvarez, who personally came from Chile to Norway at the age of 10, has an awareness of nuances in language and syntax that provides an underlying structure for the theme.”Bergens Tidende

"Gifted and poetic narrative art [...] In the 232 page long The weather changed, summer came and so on [Carmona-Alvarez] writes not only in an accessible fashion about universal themes, such as grief, divorce and the relationship between parents and children. He has his own poetic, enigmatic style that it is a pleasure to become better acquainted with [...] The Bergen author writes wisely and well about the insurmountable, about life crises. At times The weather changed, summer came and so on is brilliantly eloquent. [...] The first book moves the reader, and creates hunger for more.”5 out of 6 stars, Bergensavisen

"Shattering grief, a young person’s ability to manage everything and the power of the feeling of alienation. Pedro Carmona-Alvarez' novel The weather changed, summer came and so on has all of this. It is also a great success.”NRK

"The novel is a study of grief and its impact on the human beings it tears apart and wears down ? the result is heartbreakingly superb.”Universitas

"The novel The weather changed, summer came and so on is the most painful work that I have read in a long time. A physical sensation of discomfort remains in my body, which feels as if it has been torn asunder. Pedro Carmona Alvarez has with his novel both repulsed me and compelled me to read. To wallow in the pain of others to this extent is something that can easily be too much to take, and clichéd, but here the author manages to balance on a knife’s edge.”Radio Revolt

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