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2000s: Careful if you meet the Fire Man as you will get burnt..
2000s: Careful if you meet the Fire Man as you will get burnt..
A man obsessed with the cleansing power of fire is destroying everything that reminds him of his youth. He calls himself the Fire Man.
That same Easter, a teenager is threatened by his girlfriend’s tradition-bound family. Karsten’s attempts to protect himself put him and his sister Synne at even greater risk. Then he disappears all together.
Eight years later, Synne is determined to find out what happened that night. But her investigation will ignite smouldering and dangerous memories.
And the Fire Man is still there, waiting, and watching her search for the truth at every step…
Oslo is Narnia to some and a cold ice land to others. Khalid and ther newcomers to the city find the cold, snow and darkness too much. There aren’t just icicles here but heavy spikes of ice
In the Romerike area, this is where the students are centered in the story and where there are gangs hanging round the streets, teenagers on skateboards
This is a city a country covered in ice and snow, but underneath that glisterning facade lies hidden pain and a situation that for many, immigrants included is not what it looks like to the outside world. When the fires start, when the first farm goes up in flames, this is the spark that alights the entire situation and is only the start
Author/Guide: Torkil Damhaug Destination: Oslo Departure Time: 2000s
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