2020
With grat empathy and unique literary force, Invild H.Rishøi describes the fragility of human relations: the enigmatic, the frightening and the beautiful. The stories are about meetin oneæs first mistress, about being clairvoyant and seeing signs, and about discovering that you and Janis Joplin are utterly alike. They are about believing in fate, fireflies and card games. And about loving a hamster named Mrs. Berg.
Her ability to give emotions a literary form is formidable
****** (5/6 stars)
Rishøi writes tightly, beautifully and with melancholy about the bonds we try to forge to each other - or to a hamster ... a remarkably good writer.
****** (5/6 stars)
... because Rishøi's literary grip on her material is so simple and gracious, her stories possess a kind of inner light. They are full of joy, even when everything turns black.
****** (5/6 stars)
Gripping from Ingvild H. Rishøi […] Perhaps partially due to her deeply everyday, non-ironic language, but perhaps even more due to this willingness to embrace the serious, the book appears to be in touch with something essentially real and human.
Mature short stories that grab hold and don’t let go of you […] Wisdom of life in a short format.
First class short stories.
An important literary oeuvre is taking shape.
Ingvild H. Rishøi
Trude Rønnestad
