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Celebrated Works of Fiction by Vigdis Hjorth

“Hjorth writes with the feminist bluntness of Annie Ernaux, the psychic precision of Javier Marías and the lyrical repetitions of Jon Fosse.” - The New York Times

5 March 2026

Celebrated Works of Fiction by Vigdis Hjorth

Vigdis Hjorth is the author of over a dozen prize-winning and best-selling novels. In 2019, her novel Will and Testament was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature and in 2023 Is Mother Dead? was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

Repetition, which came out this week, is a must-read and has received significant praise from The New York Times, The Atlantic, Book Riot, and LitHub.

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  • Will and Testament

    Will and Testament

    by Vigdis Hjorth

    Translated by Charlotte Barslund

    Longlisted for The Millions Best Translated Book Awards for FictionLonglisted for the National Book Award for Translated LiteratureFour siblings. Two summer houses. One terrible secret. When a disp...
  • Is Mother Dead

    Is Mother Dead

    by Vigdis Hjorth

    Translated by Charlotte Barslund

    **Longlisted for The International Booker Prize 2023**'To mother is to murder, or close enough', thinks Johanna, as she looks at the spelling of the two words in Norwegian. She's recently widowed a...

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  • If Only

    If Only

    by Vigdis Hjorth

    Translated by Charlotte Barslund

    A relatively young woman, aged thirty. She married in her early twenties, had two children. It is winter. January and minus 14°C, white, frosty mist around the parked car, around the spruces, the m...