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Before I Burn
General Fiction在我焚毁之前
(norway) Gaut Heiwoll
This book won the 2010 Norwegian Book Award and has been translated and published in more than 20 languages. The novel begins when the home of an elderly couple who lost their only son suddenly caught fire. Within a month, a pyromaniac set fires everywhere in Finland, Norway, causing extreme panic and chaos to nearby villagers. In the end, will the pyromaniac's identity be revealed? Was he brought to justice? Who is the "I" in the novel? The boy who was baptized on the day of the fire, the boy who had profound "fire" memories in his childhood - what kind of life did "I" experience?
This book won the 2010 Norwegian Book Award and has been translated and published in more than 20 languages. The novel begins when the home of an elderly couple who lost their only son suddenly caught fire. Within a month, a pyromaniac set fires everywhere in Finland, Norway, causing extreme panic and chaos to nearby villagers. In the end, will the pyromaniac's identity be revealed? Was he brought to justice? Who is the "I" in the novel? The boy who was baptized on the day of the fire, the boy who had profound "fire" memories in his childhood - what kind of life did "I" experience?