Signs of love. Hyarstad Ya.

The world of Cecilia, a designer of fonts from Oslo, consists of printed marks. Even a child, in the granite workshop of her grandfather, she firmly learned: do not underestimate the power of letters. She is sure that she is about to create a font that can work miracles. It is not for nothing that the grandfather often repeated: "Only one thing is really valuable in life-an attempt to commit impossible." But will the letters help to return to the life of a loved one?

Yang Hyarstad (b. 1953)-a well-known Norwegian writer, the theologian by education, in 1985-1989 he worked as the chief editor of the influential literary magazine “Window” (“Vinduet "). The author of the fifteen novels translated into many foreign languages, as well as several children's books and essay collection. Laureate of the Association of Norwegian Critics (1984) and the Northern Council Prize (2001). The style of the novels by Jan Hyarstad - postmodern, intertextual - is easily recognizable. The author has a colossal vocabulary, often consciously uses outdated words and neologisms. In his books you can find many symbols and references to literary works, films, music, painting.

in Russian is published for the first time.