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On
Botswana Blues
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"There will come a day when one will say that there are two great books about Africa written in Danish. The first of these is obviously Karen Blixen’s "Out of Africa", the second is Lars Bonnevie’s "Botswana Blues"; two great storytellers who tell us candidly in the first person what it is like being there, where everything looks black – and black in more than just one sense."
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Henrik Stangerup, 23.10.1990
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On
Vera K.'s Secret
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"Lars Bonnevie has achieved a genuine fin-de-siecle work with his book, "Vera K.’s Secret". This is a violent, apocalyptic vision of a world thundering to destruction; bitingly written with an intensity that makes one eagerly read on. The account is at the same time so cruel and hideous that it is fully in keeping with the prevailing tendency of writing today."
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Jesper Bremholm in Griffen, September 1993
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On
The Judge
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"Bonnevie’s novel about the new and growing conflict in Africa is both cynical and without illusion – and nevertheless unavoidable. It ought to be obligatory reading for politicians, international organisations, and others who hold the international banner high in global areas of conflict."
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Rene Jacobsen, Aktuelt, 23.10.1999
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On
The Judge
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"At times this is a very depressing novel, but it is fascinating and disturbing. This is because Lars Bonnevie is capable of depicting an environment consisting of Africans and well-intentioned emissaries from the wealthier parts of the world in a believable way. "The Judge" is a novel that instantly enters the bloodstream. It is the kind of book one cannot easily shake off."
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Holger Ruppert, BT, 28.10.1998
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