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Blå | Maja Lunde
18 posts | 18 read | 16 to read
Maja Lundes roman "Binas historia" blev en världssensation när den kom häromåret, har hittills sålt i 150 000 exemplar i Norge och 400 000 exemplar i Tyskland! Det var en historia som rörde sig genom tid och rum och beskrev det sköra bandet mellan bi, människa och natur, och vad som skulle kunna hända om världens bin till slut försvann. Men det var också en roman som fascinerade läsarna med sambanden mellan berättelserna, som bara skenbart var skilda från varandra. Arbetet med "Binas historia" och det enorma gensvaret gjorde att Maja Lunde började planera för ett större arbete, fyra romaner som på olika sätt behandlar de skrämmande kllimatförändringar som jorden genomgår just nu. Årets roman "Blå" utspelar sig liksom "Binas historia" under flera tidsplan, det första är året som har gått: 2017: Signe är snart sjuttio, men skräms inte av havet. Hon seglar ensam bort från sin barndomsbygd i Norge för att konfrontera mannen som hon en gång älskade. Det är bara hon, båten som heter "Blå" och en märklig last. 2041: David tycker att han är för ung för att vara far, ändå har han blivit ensam med sin lilla dotter. De två är på flykt genom ett Sydeuropa som är drabbat av torka, där nord står mot syd, och där vattnet inte längre räcker till oss alla. Allt förändras den dag då de upptäcker en segelbåt i en övergiven trädgård långt inne i landet.
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BookishTrish
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Mehso-so

Beautiful cover. Great idea. Depressing as hell. Not sure it went anywhere in the end.

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mavey
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#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
Thanks for the tag, @Eggs !

1. Not currently a part of any book club..

2. The End Of The Ocean by Maja Lunde!

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 😊 4y
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Texreader
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Ebook by a Norwegian author on sale. Would work for #foodandlit for this month‘s country, #Norway. I‘m listening to another book by her. It appears she likes to write dystopia-like environment disaster books.

AnneCecilie At the moments she is in writing a quartet about the environment. 4y
mavey Wow this sounds so interesting! And such a gorgeous cover! 4y
Teresereading Sadly not on spacious in Australia. As a descendant of a Norwegian immigrant, I love reading Norwegian novels, 4y
Teresereading *special 4y
Crazeedi I just borrowed this one on your recommendation, I'm usually not into dystopian, so I may bail and find another! But I'm going to try this!! 4y
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End of the Ocean | Maja Lunde
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This cover is gorgeous! ðŸ˜

That‘s it. That‘s the post.

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katcalvin
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Panpan

I hated everyone in this book. Even the kid. What a miserable read.

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Laurenabeth
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Panpan

This is the most I‘ve disliked a book in a long time. I thought the switching timelines was poorly done, and I only really connected with David‘s storyline, not Signe‘s. I give it credit for attacking climate change head on, but felt the execution was just awful. I have to assume something was lost in translation. I also wonder what her other books are really like now...

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stuck.in.the.stacks
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Welcome back, dear readers, to another #sundaysalon

We had a great week and anticipate some fun things coming up as January starts to wrap up (where is the time going!)

Check out our week in review and remember that we will be posting our second Monday Matinee tomorrow along with a link to join in the conversation!

https://stuckinthestacks.com/2020/01/19/sunday-salon-its-cold-but-were-feeling-f...

#sundaysalon #sundaypost #stackingtheshelves

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SoManyBooksNotEnoughTime
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An extremely timely & relevant novel. Switching between two timelines, 2017 & 2041, we get a feel for how quickly climate change ruined humanity's chance of survival. The planet is experiencing extreme drought & coupled with rising oceans, there's barely any drinkable water left.
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annahenke This cover is remarkably lovely. 5y
SoManyBooksNotEnoughTime @annahenke right?! i love itt 5y
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thewellreadpug
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If you‘re looking for high action or a mind-blowing plot twist then this book is not for you. But if you‘re looking for an interesting read, likable characters and a bit of climate change apocalypse drama then be sure to pick up this book.

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Tiltedwhirled
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Two parallel storylines make up this novel set both in present day and in 2041 when a multi year drought has made much of the earth uninhabitable and people are fleeing to refugee camps. Signe, an aging but still passionate environmental activist, lives a solitary life on her sailboat in the present day. David and his young daughter Lou flee their home as it‘s ravaged by fire and end up in a refugee camp.

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Clare_Riley
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Really enjoyed this book, but blimey, how desolate! I had to stop reading it and pick up something else to counteract it, because this book sees us in a very unhappy, drought ridden, war torn world. (FYI, the other book is Armistead Maupins Tales of the City 1 - very good 😉). This is the second in a quartet. I‘ll be reading the next two (really need to read the 1st - on my shelf, but it‘s about the death of Bees - need to prepare myself!)

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xxjenadanxx
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Book 1 done for #24b4monday
Duelling timelines emphasize the significance water plays in our lives. In 2019 we meet Signe who relives & confronts her past spent among the fjords and glaciers of Norway until urban development changed everything, an apocalyptic 2041 where David and his daughter Lou are refugees trying to reach a place that still has water and the boat that grounds them all and connects them through time.

Thanks Netgalley for ARC

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frozenyogurt
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pretty intense

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Moray_Reads
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The pacing is a little off but when it's good it's very good. For much of the book I preferred David and Lou's POV to Signe's which tended to big the story down but I enjoyed the way they finally intersected. 3.5 â­

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Moray_Reads
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This weekend's reading. #ARC #currentlyreading

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AmyLarge
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What could happen to our world with rising tides and depleting rain fall? We follow two characters as they deal with crises affecting water in their own times - how to protect a valuable ecological resource when others only see profit, and how to fight for survival when water has become the only resource that matters. Poignant and emotive, these stories intertwine like streams to form a thunderous deluge of a novel, rich in detail and emotion.

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hanseatic
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Trotz einiger Längen, mochte ich das Buch im Großen und Ganzen sehr. Das Thema Klimawandel und die damit einhergehen Veränderungen sind ist eines der wichtigsten unserer Zeit und Lunde gelingt es hervorragend dieses in eine fiktionale Geschichte einzubetten.

Erofan Klingt interessant! 6y
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hanseatic
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Bereits mitten drin und ich kann nicht aufhören zu lesen.

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