tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post7992468685932913507..comments2024-03-28T09:40:06.621-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: The escape from realityOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-89704934392313878622015-02-15T07:27:04.033-05:002015-02-15T07:27:04.033-05:00Hi Barbara!
Interesting about Ibsen. I occasional...Hi Barbara!<br /><br />Interesting about Ibsen. I occasionally provokes by mentioning Henrik Ibsen as a mystery writer. In most of his contemporary dramas he uses the same dramaturgy as we can find in the crime novel. It's about a secret or crime that is hidden in the past, and that bit by bit is revealed through the play.<br /><br />As for how a book of mayhem, murder, and misery can be an escape from reality: That will be topic for my next blog post, schedule for wednesday. I am asking myself why we let ourselves be entertained by what we otherwise deplore. Why do we read crime?Jørn Lier Horsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16941606711804036988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-64426189595532785412015-02-14T18:52:13.972-05:002015-02-14T18:52:13.972-05:00I am not a member of this blog but I do read it re...I am not a member of this blog but I do read it regularly, so I too welcome you. Those who know me and my writing (about crime fiction) know that I use the image of the book left on the plane because you finished it. I favor the literary mystery, which I define (borrowing from someone else) as the one you will reread and perhaps often even if you know whodunit. I have been to Norway. Stunningly beautiful! The only Norwegian crime writer I have read is Karen Fossum (I hope I am spelling her name right.) With a Danish cultural anthropologist I wrote a book on folklore in Ibsen's late plays: Ibsen's Forsaken Merman. I am not sure the Norwegian critics liked the emphasis we gave Denmark, although during Ibsen's time I believe that culturally Denmark was to Norway what France was to Russia. My essay on Hedda Gabler was reprinted in a book of essays on Ibsen. I claimed the source of the story were the stories of the huldre woman. I look forward to reading your books. I would like to know how a book of mayhem, murder, and misery can be an escape from reality. Perhaps you could expand on that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12558260338780425291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-81565254577084590992015-02-05T22:54:12.088-05:002015-02-05T22:54:12.088-05:00Welcome, Jørn! I've always wanted to visit Nor...Welcome, Jørn! I've always wanted to visit Norway - and now I'm looking up your books also. It's great to meet you and write with you at MIE!Susan Spannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770560542416086762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-76964539153473081042015-02-05T03:17:26.358-05:002015-02-05T03:17:26.358-05:00Thanks to everyone for such a warm welcome to the ...Thanks to everyone for such a warm welcome to the blogworld. I'm going to show up here every other week and share my thoughts about crime, literature and crime fiction.Jørn Lier Horsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16941606711804036988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-31819495175020409422015-02-05T03:16:20.533-05:002015-02-05T03:16:20.533-05:00Takk for hyggelig tilbakemelding, Jono. Your Norwe...Takk for hyggelig tilbakemelding, Jono. Your Norwegian is perfect.Jørn Lier Horsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16941606711804036988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-5011210781777771292015-02-04T13:34:56.582-05:002015-02-04T13:34:56.582-05:00Welcome, Jørn. I look forward to your blogs with ...Welcome, Jørn. I look forward to your blogs with eager interest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-11074107067101167462015-02-04T13:17:39.491-05:002015-02-04T13:17:39.491-05:00Yes, you have tantalized me to look up your books,...Yes, you have tantalized me to look up your books, and get to read them. Sounds like you understand the world very well. That appeals to me.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-51596086294881629492015-02-04T12:38:21.053-05:002015-02-04T12:38:21.053-05:00Yes, welcome, Jørn! I have to say that, just from...Yes, welcome, Jørn! I have to say that, just from your artful description of what helps you create the "authentic nerve" running through your work, you've tantalized a host of new readers.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-89408518526303034902015-02-04T12:22:06.273-05:002015-02-04T12:22:06.273-05:00Welcome, Jorn! And about your "please bear w...Welcome, Jorn! And about your "please bear with me on this blog. English is not my first language," fear not. You write English FAR better than 90% of Americans! (Which is a crime, but not the kind of crime that crime novelists normally write about... :-)Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-72231276985032708052015-02-04T11:23:18.704-05:002015-02-04T11:23:18.704-05:00Seconding that welcome Jørn! I'm a fan and blo...Seconding that welcome Jørn! I'm a fan and blogmate and have read all your English translations. Can't wait for the next! Cara Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592098418515886674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-14415888409129931442015-02-04T11:19:57.759-05:002015-02-04T11:19:57.759-05:00Jorn, we are so happy to you with us. And you can...Jorn, we are so happy to you with us. And you can see from Jono's remarks above, we are a polyglot group of writers and readers. One of us even speaks Scottish, and another claims to understand it. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-18348246213601473842015-02-04T10:44:55.519-05:002015-02-04T10:44:55.519-05:00Welcome Jørn! I look forward to your entries and t...Welcome Jørn! I look forward to your entries and the English translations of your books. Jeg ble unnfanget i Norge, men er født i Amerika. Jeg snakker bare litt norsk. :(<br />Jon Anders ØfjordJonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.com