EN DRÅBE I HAVET – A DROP IN THE OCEAN
by Kirsten Hammann
AUTHOR METTE LEADS a perfectly ordinary life with her husband and daughter—until she decides to write a book about developing countries. The book is meant to change the world and inspire everyone to make it a better place. Through the organization HJÆLP, she gains access to a hotel room where she can watch films about the Third World. It turns out, however, that this room is a virtual reality world where she actually travels to Africa, Romania, and Vietnam. This puts her commitment to the test—especially when an African child wants to come home and eat meatballs, and her own daughter suddenly finds herself in an orphanage in Romania.
A DROP IN THE OCEAN is a political contemporary novel written in Hammann’s witty, self-revealing, and intimate style, which lays bare the self-importance and indifference of ordinary Danes.
ABOUT THE BOOK
First published by Gyldendal, 2008
RIGHTS SOLD
Denmark (Gyldendal)
the Netherlands (Cossee)
Norway (Gyldendal Norsk)
Sweden (Kabusa Böcker)
REVIEWS
The novel delivers a sharp rebuke to the culture of convenience in a satirical, chuckle-inducing journey around the world.
– Politiken, Denmark
Kirsten Hammann has written an excellent novel (…) How are you going to be a good person in your own life and at the same time a responsible human being in the world?
– Berlingske, Denmark
I tip my hat to Hammann, who has once again managed to draw the reader into a compelling fictional universe that lingers in the mind long after the book is finished.
– Information, Denmark
Kirsten Hammann’s new novel is a must-read for all self-important and just plain fat Danes.
– Ekstra-Bladet, Denmark
BOOKS
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