Naïve. Super and Gone with the Woman by Erlend Loe

In November 2008 I happened to be in the Hague where a Norwegian writer Erlend Loe presented his newly written novel. I have not had a chance to read that novel yet but I have read two of his earliest books that brought him if not fame but recognition. I loved the books, especially Naive. Super, but they are both written in a very easy manner and probably like their author they do not claim to be something not heard or seen before, they simply tell us about another way to look at eternal topics of sense of life, essence of love and need to be with somebody. The books guarantee a couple of laughs, some very broad smiles and light thinking process afterwards.

It is actually quite interesting how different the instruments used by writers can be. They can drive you into depression like it was skillfully done by our well known and respected Dostoevsky, they can touch every nerve as Hemingway liked to do (his nerves as known were in a much worse condition, though) or they can make you laugh, laugh together with the characters, because there is no need to die, there is no need for dramas - there will always be some place for doubts, sadness, goodbyes and loneliness, but they can be embraced just as anything else, I think.