If you're a Norwegian writer, you are not visible in the world. The door of the English language is very hard to open for a Norwegian writer. (Per Petterson)

If you're a Norwegian writer, you are not visible in the world. The door of the English language is very hard to open for a Norwegian writer.

Per Petterson

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