# Event Details - **Event Name**: ON THE OTHER SIDE IS MARCH by Sólrún Michelsen | Nordic Book Club Online - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 13 Oct, 2026 at 10:00 pm (+00:00) - **Event Description**: Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! Nordic Book Club meets monthly via Zoom to discuss contemporary literature in translation. On October 13 in coordination with West Nordic Film Days, we’ll read On the Other Side is March by Sólrún Michelsen, a poignant and darkly witty portrait of aging, memory and multigenerational caretaking from the first female Faroese writer to ever appear in English. I’m a woman in my early sixties. Somewhere between late and never. No longer the career woman, mother, housewife, and lover doing it all… Now I’m wife, mother, grandmother and my mother’s mother. But I still have to satisfy all the demands placed on me. So begins Sólrún Michelsen’s tender and darkly witty exploration of what she considers to be the strange, remaining leg of life’s journey. Her kids are grown and out of the house and she’s faced with a time that, for years, she always seemed to be looking toward—a time when she wasn’t needed by somebody or something. But now, with her mother’s declining health, she finds herself revisiting childhood scenes, family hymns, and folk songs—revealing a lifetime of love, duty, awe, and regret. She tends to her mother amid the stark rhythms of Faroese life, waiting for a new nursing home that never arrives, and confronts the reality of being part of the “army of women” who inherit care. In her grief and private goodbye to her mother, however, is also a gorgeous meditation about life, as translator Marita Thomsen says in her afterword, “in its ragged mundane glory.” A lyrical portrait of caretaking and the invisible labor of motherhood, On the Other Side Is March is a tribute to caretakers across generational lines, as well as the the rich oral traditions of singing and storytelling that kept the Faroese language alive centuries before its standard written form. This is the first work of Michelsen’s—a best-selling author of novels, short stories, poetry, and children’s literature—to be published in English. It has been translated by Marita Thomsen. On the Other Side is March is available in paperback and ebook from Bookshop.org, Amazon.com and other retailers. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york-new-york/on-the-other-side-is-march-by-sólrún-michelsen-nordic-book-club-online/200030491282712 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, health-wellness, entertainment, kids, meditation, storytelling - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 1 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: New York, New York - **location**: Online event - **full address**: Online event, 58 Park Ave, New York, NY 10016-3007, United States, New York, New York ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: ON THE OTHER SIDE IS MARCH by Sólrún Michelsen | Nordic Book Club Online - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/3fe9aa136b766406229b4006dcfcae0be155507b0eb6c193ac1a4aabcffa0bb0-rimg-w1200-h628-dcf8f8e8-gmir?v=1789495684 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is ON THE OTHER SIDE IS MARCH by Solrun Michelsen | Nordic Book Club Online being held? - **A:** ON THE OTHER SIDE IS MARCH by Solrun Michelsen | Nordic Book Club Online takes place on Tue, 13 Oct, 2026 at 10:00 pm to Tue, 13 Oct, 2026 at 10:00 pm at Online event, 58 Park Ave, New York, NY 10016-3007, United States, New York, New York. - **Q**: Who is organizing ON THE OTHER SIDE IS MARCH by Solrun Michelsen | Nordic Book Club Online? - **A:** ON THE OTHER SIDE IS MARCH by Solrun Michelsen | Nordic Book Club Online is organized by ASF + Scandinavia House. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** ON THE OTHER SIDE IS MARCH by Solrun Michelsen | Nordic Book Club Online is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in New York, New York, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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