This is a short chapbook — just 44 pages. I’ve read at least one of Ericsson’s poetry collections before, and I remember it being quite good? I bought this extremely cheap at a sale in the late 90s, though, and never got around to reading it. That’s what happens with books I buy on sale, I guess.
I saw somebody on Twitter saying something like “never let reading get in the way of buying more books” yesterday, and I totally agree.
And this is really good. Mostly very short poems, but many of them pack a punch.
And there’s also funny ones, like this one about the Norwegian Cultural Inheritance — learning to ski.
I like the collection a lot.
Katten stryker seg inntil oss (1993) by Kjersti Ericsson (3.00 on Goodreads)