SE IKKE VÆK – DON’T LOOK AWAY
By Karen Strandbygaard
FEAR IS TAKING over Anna, and she is certain that her twins are in danger. The problem is that no one else sees what she sees, and her husband Marco thinks she is just being paranoid. But is she?
IN THE NOVEL, we meet Anna and Marco. They decide to take a break from everyday life with a trip to Thailand. But Anna quickly realizes that an older German couple is following them—are they going to harm the children? As Marco urges calm, Anna is forced to choose between being believed and being safe. When doubt becomes unbearable, flight feels like the only remaining option.
DON’T LOOK AWAY is a psychological thriller by Karen Strandbygaard about maternal love pushed to its limits, and the fragile line between vigilance and paranoia—where the instinct to protect can become as overwhelming as the threat itself and the psychological weight of caring and being responsible can blur the boundaries of reality.
ABOUT THE BOOK
First published by People’s, Denmark 2017
RIGHTS SOLD
Denmark, People’s
Iran, Shegarf
Film, Scanbox Productions
REVIEWS
Karen Strandbygaard has written a modern Gothic horror story about a family on a sunny sailing holiday in the Swedish archipelago. Seal Safari is a real surprise.
– Politiken
The author has a good grasp of narrative contrasts. First, she lulls her reader into a sense of calm with the idyllic Swedish archipelago, then she strikes with satanic revelations of human folly. (…)
Hugh Grant should know that he is the model (for a lot) in Karen Strandbygaard’s successful satire on celebrity fever, embarrassment, and rejected herd animals. Curiosity, envy, and self-righteousness are exposed as threats to a normal code of conduct, and the novel shows how false notions about someone else’s expected egocentricity can cause ordinary people to collapse morally. It is about embarrassment, not just as a personal act, but as a disturbing cultural trait.
– Weekendavisen
I don’t want to reveal the main plot of Karen Strandbygaard’s new novel. I’m afraid that, like me, you’ll think that it can’t be turned into a whole novel. It’s too small. What is the author thinking? But it can be turned into a whole novel, because Strandbygaard once again succeeds in making smoldering embers burst into flames and turn into a terrifying ending.
– Jyllands Posten
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