FRA SMØRHULLET – FROM A SNUG SPOT
by Kirsten Hammann
METTE IS 35 years old and catastrophically ordinary. She is neither particularly smart nor particularly dumb, well-read, mean, kind, exciting, politically engaged, in love, sexy, adventurous, nor concerned with anything other than satisfying the needs that come and go for any ordinary consumer in the Western world. And she feels terrible about it! She feels terrible that she’s just sitting in her cozy little bubble on Amaliegade in Copenhagen, going with the flow, watching TV, eating candy, and buying cheap junk from China instead of being a conscious consumer and thinking about the Third World and terrorism and the environment and, and, and, and… she is terrified of dying and disappearing forever.
ABOUT THE BOOK
First published by Gyldendal, 2004
RIGHTS SOLD
Denmark (Gyldendal)
Iceland (Bjartur)
Sweden (Kabusa Böcker)
REVIEWS
From A Snug Spot isn’t just the best contemporary novel of the last fifteen years; it’s the only damn contemporary novel of the last fifteen years—and absolutely indispensable.
– Weekendavisen, Denmark
Kirsten Hammann is one of our few literary satirical talents who can delight in skewering the spirit of the times.
– Berlingske Tidende, Denmark
It is brilliantly written, incisive, and penetrating—a samurai sword straight to the solar plexus of Society.
– Kristeligt Dagblad, Denmark
Another gem from Hammann, the most serious writer of our generation, who possesses both humor and conviction.
– Eurowoman, Denmark
Without humor it doesn’t work when characteristics such as laziness, double standards, hypocrisy, apathy and egoism in an otherwise well-meaning population in a welfare nation are to be described. And there is humor in this well-written contemporary satire… The book can be read as a portrait of a generation that is superficial and selfish… It’s funny in a satirical way… But fortunately the narrative is formulated with a sensitive, almost loving empathy.
– Litteratursiden.dk, Denmark
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