Minna Needs Rehearsal Space

By Dorthe Nors, Misha Hoekstra (translator),

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Minna is feeling desperate. Lars has just dumped her by text message. Her friends are constantly flaunting their lovers, children and dogs (with Facebook as their cruel accomplice). And her neurotic sister is everywhere she turns. Minna needs security, and a place in Copenhagen to practise her music. Minna wants…

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1 author picked Minna Needs Rehearsal Space as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I was excited by this little book; it’s utterly different from anything I’ve read before. Rather than the usual developed paragraphs, this writer has told her story in short, simple sentences, always starting with the subject, which is very often the main character, Minna.

For instance: ‘Minna is on Facebook. Minna isn’t a day over forty. Minna is a composer.’ Each of these is presented on a separate line so that the pages have the look of poems. What’s surprisingly wonderful about it is how with so few words – you could read it in an hour – so much…

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