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Exclusive Interview: Crown Princess Mette-Marit in Conversation with Gulraiz Sharif
Join us for a special interview as Crown Princess Mette-Marit expresses her admiration for Gulraiz Sharif's book, praising it as one of the smartest and most heartfelt reads she has come across. Discover why this book is a must-read for both young people and adults.
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Hi! Dear Gylres, welcome to our show.
I have to tell you something. I have hardly been able to read books during this period.
I don't know what has happened. I have listened to podcasts, I have gone on trips, I have done other things.
But then I came across your amazing book.
Thank you.
It is one of the smartest, finest and most understandable books I have read.
Thank you.
I think it should be on the pensum, not only for young people, but also for adults.
Thank you.
I was so excited. I remember lying on the bed, and I was so excited from the start. I felt like I was being taken by the hand.
And I cried a lot, because it is an incredibly warm year, from the book you have written.
Thank you. I am very happy that the Crown Prince likes us.
I mean it. There was something about the book that hit me.
I felt so lucky to have such a fantastic author who can convey what you have written about in Norway.
to Norwegian youth. This is a book that Norwegian youth need.
Can you tell us a bit about your background and why you started writing?
I understand that you are a teacher?
Yes, I grew up in Grinneleka. I was early fascinated by literature.
I went to Barnaga and Deichmann Grinneleka.
It was just going down the stairs and borrowing a lot of books.
I was very early fascinated by literature.
I started with Ludde, Emma and Thomas from the time I was in high school.
And then I continued with other kinds of literature. Gyllenhaal's youth classics, Robinson Crusoe and so on
And then it became Dostoevsky and a lot of other things
So I am very fascinated by literature. I went with a dream of being an author in my stomach for a long time
I dared not do so much with it before I turned 34 and thought I had to do something with my dream
I didn't know it would go so well
Congratulations, it's fantastic what has happened with this book. Not only have you received amazing reviews, but you have also received many readers.
Yes.
And the book has been translated into how many languages?
Yes, Danish, German and will be translated into Dutch and Italian. So there are expectations everywhere.
Yes. Tell us a little about the people you write about in this book.
Mahmoud, 15 years old, and a summer vacation where Mahmoud gets to visit an uncle from Parksøvn
Yes, who has to be the world's funniest uncle
And you have Mahmoud's best friend, who is a bit of a philosopher of the 1st century
And then you have your little brother Ali, and your mom and dad at home, who are out on vacation
And then a lot of strange things happen during this summer vacation
And the reader is supposed to go through this summer vacation with Mahmoud
It is a lot of fun, fascinating and exciting things. I don't want to talk too much, I am almost reading the book.
But it is this summer vacation that is the basis of the whole story.
What do you think is the reason that so many people have been hooked on this book?
I think the reason is that it is funny, it is a bit deviant in humor, but at the same time it is satirical and sarcastic.
So it was very humorous. But then there is this with the little brother who carries a secret, which the reader might want to find out in the book.
And it is a novel from the eastern part of Oslo, with a lot of humor and brothers and sisters, told in an energetic way.
I think the readers liked that it was very oral.
It's like sitting by a fire and telling the whole world.
It's very oral in the prelude.
I think the readers appreciated that.
It was a bit different.
And it was written in multiethnic.
