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– I received an inquiry and thought the project sounded great, but a friend with editorial experience told me that he would never have accepted yes without knowing who the other contributors were. So I responded so arrogantly to the query that I therefore had to reject and wish them good luck with the book project, ”says Egon Holstad, who is an editor and commentator here in the newspaper on a daily basis.
Book review: “30 days in April 2020” by Linn Skåber (ed.):
Impressive contact list
An editor with an impressive list of contacts and one text per day in April 2020. Linn Skåber has compiled in record time a situation report from Norway at the time of the crown.
Pitch Forlag, who is relatively unknown, then sent an email in return with a list of the authors who had so far agreed to write a contribution in the book “30 days in April 2020” edited by Linn Skåber. There were names like Anne B. Ragde, Knut Nærum, Åsne Seierstad, Jan Kjærstad, Unni Lindell, and Zeshan Shakar.
– Then I realized that it was a serious project, I was very embarrassed by the first answer and panicked completely so that they could say and say that we have a journalist in iTromsø who obviously struggles with an overly big ego. “Jan Kjærstad is not good enough for me”, like. A living legend who has received the Nordic Council Literature Prize! I was grateful yes and after that there was a weird humble tone from this edge.
Wrote the text in one night
Linn Skåber is the publisher of the book and has asked 30 known and unknown people to report her crown daily in a daily form. Each of the authors was given a date each in April and wrote a text based on their lives as Norway closed.
– Often the things I work on, like TV projects, take many years. Here we have a final product at record speed. But they all took it seriously, so it’s not a sloppy product, meaning Linn Skåber tells VG.
Linn Skåber has invited 30 writers to write a diary of their lives while Norwegian society was in exceptional condition. Photo: Frode Hansen (VG)
Egon Holstad can confirm that things have gone fast. They gave him the date of April 28 in advance and waited for the day itself. Just two weeks later, the book is on its way to store shelves, but it has no problem with the fast pace.
– I write very fast. My wife and stepdaughter went to the cabin that day, and then I drank a bottle of wine while I finished writing the text one night.
– Awesome!
– Well we’ll see.
VG’s literature reviewer, Sindre Hovdenakk, has given the dice for Book 4. He completes the review by citing Holstad’s “pagan text” of all that was lost and longed for during the coronation era. I think it sums up both the book and this whole spring: After all, we can’t help but wait for it to come out. So, be nice to each other, friends. We see it on the other side. We make.»»
Great seriousness and self-esteem.
Holstad wrote her text based on the story of a friend who was visiting his mother in a nursing home in Halden, but who was not allowed to enter for infection control reasons.
– He sent me a photo of himself, where he stands outside and calls his mother sitting on a balcony on the fourth floor of a large brick house. That image was very descriptive of the strange situation in which we find ourselves. The image has a heartbreaking wound, but it’s also a beautiful image on multiple levels, and I’d write about it, Holstad says.
He has also written about how much he feels for a white man in Norway with a permanent job approaching 50 and not allowed to watch football, meet friends, or go to a concert. All with a dose soaked in self-environment.
– Many people are worse off than me, but there is still a real need for both me and my friend in Halden. Even if someone has him in a refugee camp, it doesn’t mean you think it’s okay not to hug your mother.
