Books by Jakob Ejersbo
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review 1: Ejersbo writes a fast paced narrative that brings the world of expat Africa to startling light. His gritty yet relatable diction is impressive in lieu of the female perspective he writes from. I stayed up late to finish this book because there were no natural pauses in the story,...
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review 1: Jakob Ejersbo has a writing style which I think is cynic & harsh and his books leaves me with a feeling of gloom. I think his main characters are portrayed very self destructive - something that I do not recognize from my own teen years - but drugs were not a part of my youth eit...
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review 1: Så fik jeg endelig taget mig sammen til at læse Ejersbo's første bog efter at have læst Afrika-triologien med stor fornøjelse. Den første gang jeg startede på Nordkraft synes jeg at den var lidt for eksplicit i forhold til sproget og beskrivelserne af de seksuelle forhold. Men he...
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review 1: Nu har jeg så endelig fået læst Eksil af Jakob Ejersbo. En helt fantastisk roman som rummer en sådan hovedperson, som jeg elsker at læse om. Et ødelagt menneske, en ung pige der gør alle de forkerte ting. En smuk pige med ar på hjertet, hård udenpå, og et kæmpe rod ideni. Hun for...
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review 1: Read this in English. Usually, writing in translations tends to suffer, as it's hard to translate authorial voice. But here it actually worked well: I loved the spare, present tense writing style. It reminded me a bit of Hilary Mantel or Michael Ondaatje: sharp, quick cuts, short...
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review 1: What a devastating book. I finished Exile a few days ago and have been mulling it over, unable to shake the word ‘devastating’. I didn’t enjoy it, and found most of the characters extremely unlikeable and almost un-relatable. But I’m kind of compelled to read the next in the tril...