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Édouard Louis & Sandra Kolstad: The Book of Wonders. A prologue

Litteraturhuset

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Fri, 12 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 pm

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Fri, 12 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 pm to 07:40 pm (CEST)

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Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo, Norway

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Édouard Louis & Sandra Kolstad: The Book of Wonders. A prologue
En nyskrevet performance om begjær, lengsler og underverker.
/ A new performance about desire, longing and wonders.

Etter at den franske stjerneforfatteren Édouard Louis har avsluttet sin berømte familiesaga med romanen Kollaps, er det stor spenning knyttet til hvor hans forfatterskap vil ta veien videre. Nå kommer han til Litteraturhuset med en helt nyskrevet tekst kalt «The Book of Wonders: a prologue», som han vil fremføre selv, sammen med musiker og komponist Sandra Kolstad. En performance om begjær, lengsler og underverker.

Både Kollaps og den kritikerroste og dramatisert romanen Hvem drepte faren min, begynte som bestillingsverk for Litteraturhuset, begge tonesatt av Kolstad. Nå kan du oppleve Louis og Kolstad sammen på Litteraturhuset igjen, med et helt nytt, eksklusivt verk.

Édouard Louis er en av de mest nyskapende og grensesprengende forfatterne av sin generasjon. Han har gitt ut syv kritikerroste romaner, oversatt til norsk av Egil Halmøy. I bøker som Farvel til Eddy Bellegueule, Forandring, metode, Monique flykter, skriver han nådeløst og finslipt om temaer som klasseforskjeller, vold, rasisme, homofobi, politisk makt og avmakt.

Sandra Kolstad er en av Norges mest innovative musikere. Hun har gitt ut seks kritikerroste plater, samt romanen To ord for ødeleggelse. I tillegg jobber Kolstad som komponist for teater og scenekunst, og har tonesatt ny musikk til ord av forfattere som Anne Carson, Jon Fosse og Athena Farrokhzad.

Performancen foregår på engelsk.

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Having completed his celebrated family saga with the novel Collapse, the French star Édouard Louis’s next project is eagerly anticipated by his fans. Now, he visits the House of Literature with a new text called «The Book of Wonders: a prologue», which he will perform himself, joined by artist and composer Sandra Kolstad. This will be a performance about desire, longing and wonders.

Both Collapse and the critically acclaimed and stage adapted novel Who Killed My Father began as commissions from the House of Literature, with Kolstad composing the music for both performances. Now, Louis and Kolstad join forces at the House of Literature again, to perform a brand new, exclusive work.

Èdouard Louis is one of the most original and groundbreaking writers of his generation. He has published seven critically acclaimed novels, and in books such as The End of Eddy, Change: Method and Monique Escapes, he writes ruthlessly and skillfully abouth subjects like class distinctions, violence, racism, homophobia, political power and powerlessness.

Sandra Kolstad is one of Norway’s most innovative musicians. She has released six critically acclaimed albums, and published a novel, To ord for ødeleggelse («Two Words for Destruction»). Kolstad also works as a theater composer, and she has composed music for texts by writers such as Anne Carson, Jon Fosse and Athena Farrokhzad.

The performance will be in English.


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Édouard Louis & Sandra Kolstad: The Book of Wonders. A prologue, 12 September | Event in Oslo | AllEvents
Édouard Louis & Sandra Kolstad: The Book of Wonders. A prologue
Fri, 12 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 pm