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Gaute Heivoll
My Time in These Woods

It will always be Johannes and Ingeborg. She is the fiery servant girl on the farm that he is set to inherit. But when his father dies, he lets his brother take over and finds a place of his own, a place just for the two of them.

The future seems secure; generations can follow as they always have. But nothing turns out as they envisioned. The farm is forcibly sold, and Ingeborg’s darker sides begin to surface. Johannes must be the one to hold everything together. But why doesn’t the child come? Why does he not have a son?

My Time in These Forests is a powerful, captivating, and richly woven life story. It is a novel about love and belonging, about children and lineage, and about who one becomes when everything has been taken away.

This novel is about a full life. Just think of John Williams long-time unrecognized novel Stoner, or Robert Seethaler's lovely little novel A whole life, where the authors show us the big things in the little life. In my eyes, My time in these forests is Gaute’s best novel to date.

Mattis Øybø, Heivoll's editor

Gaute Heivoll

Gaute Heivoll
Paul Audestad

Gaute Heivoll (b. 1978) debuted in 2002 and has since written novels, short stories, poems, and children's books. He has won numerous literary awards, including the Brage Prize in 2010 for the novel Before I Burn. It was also sold to 20 countries.

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Edited September 24, 2024 by Northern Stories