Silje O. Ulstein

Debut. Det er få dager før første skoledag etter sommerferien. Elleve år gamle Iben forsvinner sporløst fra sin mor Mariam under en handletur. Mariams umiddelbare reaksjon er flukt. Hun setter seg i bilen og kjører. Langt. Et kollektiv får en tigerpyton som kjæledyr. Da Liv møter slangen Nero for første gang, overveldes hun. Hun trodde ikke det var mulig for henne å føle slik for et annet levende vesen. Med dyp innsikt i menneskesinnet er Krypdyrmemoarer en oppslukende, mørk og intens psykologisk thriller om ensomhet, sorg, skam og seksuell perversjon. Det er en roman om indre identitetskamp og driften mot å forsvinne og bli en annen, men dypest sett er det en roman om å lære seg å elske. Se anmeldelse på: https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/uutholdelig-spennende/72697824.

Krypdyrmemoarer. Psykologisk thriller

Liv has a lot of secrets. Late one night, in the aftermath of a party in the apartment she shares with two friends in Ålesund, she sees a python on a TV nature show and becomes obsessed with the idea of buying a snake as a pet. Soon Nero, a baby Burmese python, becomes the apartment's fourth roommate. As Liv bonds with Nero, she is struck by a desire that surprises her with its intensity. Finally she is safe. Thirteen years later, in the nearby town of Kristiansund, Mariam Lind goes on a shopping trip with her eleven-year-old daughter, Iben. Following an argument Mariam storms off, expecting her young daughter to make her own way home . . . but she never does. Detective Roe Olsvik, new to the Kristiansund police department, is assigned to the case of Iben's disappearance. As he interrogates Mariam, he instantly suspects her - but there is much more to this case and these characters than their outer appearances would suggest. A biting and constantly shifting tale of family secrets, rebirth and the legacy of trauma, Reptile Memoirs is a brilliant exploration of the cold-bloodedness of humanity.

Silje O. Ulstein

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