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The Lyrebird
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Lyrefugl is a refreshingly different and insouciant first novel by the
only 24-year-old Solvej Balle. Insouciant, however, does not mean
unambitious, on the contrary. Solvej Balle seeks to write a modern
female Robinsonade, i.e. a new version of Daniel Defoe´s old story of
the shipwrecked Robinson Crusoe alone on a desert island.
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Carsten Jensen in Politiken, 20.12.86
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To talk of the contents of this book in terms of atmosphere, action or
a breach with tradition would be to use a terminology that was far, far
too strong. There is rather talk of a state, a process and a transition
denoted in cool, curiously anonymous configurations. [...] Where the
tangible makes its entrance, Solvej Balle´s text encounters the reality
that it has anticipated thanks to its lucidity. It is not grandiose or
clamorous, but its sensitivity and precision give the book a clarity and
weight of its own.
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Erik Skyum-Nielsen in Information 13.11.90
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On
According to the Law - Four Accounts of Humankind
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"The four interlinked novellas in Solvej Balle´s new and highly
impressive book are stories of fate. However, one is reminded neither
of Kafka nor Blixen, but rather of a warm ironist such as Robert Musil.
The author herself once defines "fate" as "the world"s chance ingress
into human senses"; it is a postmodern fate, and the law is used
correspondingly ironically..."
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Poul Borum in Ekstra Bladet 1.10.93
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According to the Law - Four Accounts of Humankind
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"The four accounts are at once simple and sophisticated. With their
enigmatic quality they set our thoughts in motion and awaken our
curiosity. What was it that happened? What was it really all about? It
can be said that the task of art is not to provide an answer but to ask
important questions. With her very advanced stories, Solvej Balle is
able to ask the eternal question yet again in such a way that it becomes
stimulating and inescapable: What is Man?"
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Lars Handesten in Berlingske Tidende 5.10.93
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