Photo: Jonas Ekströmer / TT (2009)
Sample of authors
Grytten, Frode
Frode Grytten is a Norwegian author and journalist born and raised in Odda, a small industrial community in southwest Norway. His mother was a hairdresser and his father a furniture salesman. He now lives with his wife and children in Bergen where he moved as a student. He began to write at an early age and has, among other things, worked for the Bergen’s Tidende newspaper and the Magasinet I...
Literary figures
Porfiry Rostnikov
Gender: Male
He was a police officer during the Soviet era, and remained in the police force after the collapse of communism. According to author Stuart M. Kaminsky, he did so despite having problems with colleagues and superiors – because Porfiry Rostnikov is scrupulously honest and when necessary breaks bureaucratic rules. The fact that he is married to a Jewess, Sarah, is not seen with approval either. He r...