Minus Me

In the middle of a dive, Linda’s heart stops. The mysterious Njål manages to re-start her heart and revive her once again, but it is soon discovered that Linda is terminally ill. If she doesn’t receive a new heart in a very short space of time, she’ll die. Linda is upset and angry, and when Njål appears once again and persuades her to really live the time she has left, she understands that she has a lot of things to sort out. Not only must she see through the plans she made with her best friend Kima, but she also has to sort things out with her holiday friend Rune, who she perhaps hasn’t always been all that nice towards. But nothing turns out quite as expected, and when Linda is finally close to achieving her aims, everything changes. All of a sudden, we hear a very different story…

Cappelen Damm 2011
272 Pages

Praise:
‘With Minus me Ingvild Røssland … reminds us about how precious life really is … Surprisingly many aspects of death have been given space throughout these 270 pages.’
Bergens Tidende

‘Røssland writes unusally well. … What kind of twist Røssland will apply in order for the story to make sense is part of the suspense. … what really makes an impression in the novel is the teenager’s experience of how people change when they know you are going to die.’
Dagbladet