MØD FORFATTERNE MEET THE AUTHORS

PEDER FREDERIK JENSEN, 1978 (DK)

Romanen Rans vilje (2023) foregår på Lolland i 1870’erne, hvor en flodbølge rammer og vender op og ned på livet. Sømanden Roar finder en navnløs pige i en kasse og beslutter sig for at tage hende til sig, men snart må han kæmpe for hende og sit hjem, da området efter katastrofen skal inddæmmes. Romanen, der tematiserer menneskets evige trang til at tæmme naturen, er blevet kaldt forfatterskabets foreløbige højdepunkt og lægger sig i forlængelse af de tidligere Læretid (2012), Banedanmark (2014) og Det Danmark du kender (2020). Vestscenen lørdag kl. 18.15 og søndag kl. 13.00

The novel Rans vilje (Ran’s Will) (2023) takes place in the 1870s on the island Lolland in Denmark, which is struck by a tidal wave that turns life on its head. The sailor Roar finds a girl in a box and decides to take her in, but soon he is forced to fight for both her and his home as, in the disaster’s aftermath, the area is due to be dammed in. The novel deals with humanity’s ongoing urge to control nature. It has been called the author’s best so far and follows on from Læretid (Learning Time) (2012), Banedanmark (2014) and Det Danmark du kender (The Denmark You Know) (2020). West Stage Saturday at 18:15 and Sunday at 13:00

NATH KRAUSE, 1994 (DK)

”Et hovedværk i den unge poesi,” skrev en anmelder om debutdigtene Logan i Aokigahara. Krause skriver om youtuberen Logan Pauls video om et menneske, der havde begået selvmord i den japanske skov Aokigahara. Digtsamlingens udgangspunkt er en selvmordstruet hverdag i Aarhus, hvor ”socialrådgiveren/ kom og hentede os en novembernat/ med en betjent i ryggen. Det var sent./ Hun havde eksem. Hendes hænder var rosa som en nyfødt museunge.” Men bogen udvikler sig til en virtuel fodrejse gennem Aokigahara, hvor digterjeget møder Logan Paul. Parkscenen torsdag kl. 19.30

“A major work of young poetry,” wrote a reviewer of Krause’s debut Logan i Aokigahara (Logan in Aokigahara). The book builds on YouTuber Logan Paul’s video about an individual who had committed suicide in the Japanese forest of Aokigahara. It begins on a suicidal weekday in Aarhus: “the social worker/ came to pick us up one November night/ accompanied by a policeman. It was late./ She had eczema. Her hands were as pink as a new-born mouse.” The book evolves into a virtual journey on foot through Aokigahara, where the poem’s narrator encounters Logan Paul. Park Stage Thursday at 19:30

CLAIRE KEEGAN, 1968 (IR)

Det er en begivenhed, når der kommer en ny udgivelse fra denne irske forfatter. Kun fire korte bøger er det blevet til på 22 år. Men det er ventetiden værd, for Keegans stilfærdige og alligevel intense prosa skildrer komplekse almindelige liv, hvor mørket lurer under overfladen. Her er ingen store plotdrevne dramaer, men alligevel formår Keegan at skabe ”en dybt bevægende og universel historie”, som The Washington Post bemærkede. Keegans seneste roman, Den slags små ting (2020), blev shortlistet til Booker-prisen og filmatiseret i 2022 og foreligger, ligesom Omsorg (2010), på dansk.

Koncertsalen tors. kl. 18.30 & fre. kl. 12.30 & lør. kl. 12.00

Each new book by the Irish author is a publishing event, and in the last 22 years she has only released four brief short story collections and novels. But Claire Keegan’s unobtrusive yet intense prose, depicting complex, ordinary lives stalked beneath the surface by darkness, is worth waiting for. There are no grand plot-driven dramas here, yet Keegan is still capable of creating “a deeply moving and universal story”, as The Washington Post put it. Keegan’s latest novel, Small Things Like These (2020), was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and made into a film titled A Quiet Girl (2022).

Concert Hall Thurs. at 18:30 & Fri. at 12:30 & Sat. at 12:00

IAN MCEWAN, 1948 (UK)

”En vidunderlig forfatter har givet os endnu en tryllebindende og uforglemmelig roman,” skrev The Independent om forfatterens seneste roman, Lektioner (2022), som netop er udkommet i dansk oversættelse. Den er blevet kaldt McEwans svar på John Williams’ Stoner og Richard Fords Bascombe-trilogi – bøger, hvor historiske begivenheder bliver reflekteret gennem én persons liv. Siden debuten i 1975 har McEwan skrevet en række prisbelønnede romaner. Soning og Ved Chesil Beach, begge shortlistet til Booker-prisen, er desuden blevet filmatiseret. Parkscenen fre. kl. 12.00 og Koncertsalen lør. kl. 12.00

“A wonderful author has delivered another mesmerising, memorable novel”, wrote The Independent about the author’s latest novel, Lessons (2022), which is said to be his most autobiographical novel. It has been called McEwan’s answer to John Williams’s Stoner and Richard Ford’s Bascombe trilogy – books in which historical events are reflected through the life of a single character. Since his debut in 1975 McEwan has written a number of award-winning works. Atonement and On Chesil Beach, which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize, have been made into films. Park Stage Fri. at 12:00 and Concert Hall Sat. at 12:00