Everything Under Control
Jan Grue
Dagbladet
Everything can change: Oslo could become a city on water channels, Star Wars could become a world religion and the movie Casablanca could be changed again and again until it had re-emerged in hundreds of different versions. With their focus on the limitations and possible transgressions of modern control regimes, Jan Grue’s first short stories could be termed metamorphoses for a change that has yet to appear. But they are about more than change as such, they also address the relationship between fiction and fact, technology and humanity.
Jan Grue’s short stories are imaginative tales written in a variety of styles. They include stories about super heroes, cyborgs, about wild best-selling authors and mellow school massacres, about the philosophy of consciousness, dreamlife and disturbing ducks.
Praise
“A new writer with a distinct command of the language. Irony and absurdity are ingredients in these texts.”
Dagbladet
