When the Soviet Union collapsed in December 1991, Erika Fatland was only eight years old, living with her family in the small town of Ølen in Norway. She did not know what was hap
What do Norway and North-Korea have in common? The answer is the Russian border. Between Erika Fatland’s egalitarian homeland and the hermetically sealed northeast Asian dictator
The five ‘stans’ portrayed by Erika Fatland – Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan – are, it’s probably fair to say, scarcely more familiar to
Ten of the most interesting writers working in Europe today have been selected for special promotion by an international jury drawn from prestigious literary venues and festivals.
