Tor Åge Bringsværd

Release the Handle As You Turn

A warm-hearted story about friendship and love across all boundaries.
But this is also a social satire in the same tradition as Gulliver’s Travels and its Nordic counterpart, Nils Klim’s Journey to the Underworld – a burlesque narrative that shifts between different realities, interconnected by black holes through which we move from Here to There in a terrifying twinkle of an eye!
I stared at the burning currant bush. Tried to catch a glimpse of who had hidden behind it. And I couldn’t stop myself from addressing her.
- “Lady,” I said cautiously. “Excuse me for asking … but I was under the impression that the Nameless One usually materialised in briar bush and not a currant one?”
- “Too true,” the voice replied. “But can you spot any nearby briars?”
- “No,” I admitted.
- “There you are, one has to make the best of what’s at hand,” the voice said. “And in my view, the currant bush is a perfectly good option. Burns just as well, too!”
“- Blessed Lady,” Jensen said unhappily, closing his eyes and burying his snout in the grass.
“- Never mind Jeremiah. He isn’t himself these days.”
- “Is that so?” The voice sounded concerned. “Who is he now?”