Meet the author: Tine Høeg
‘It’s no mean feat to write a whole book that looks fragmented on the page but joins up seamlessly in the head.’ These are the words of Irish writer Sara Baume about Memorial, 29 June by Tine Høeg. The young Danish author gives her vulnerable story a poetic layout that compels the reader to fill in the gaps themselves.
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Asta is invited to a memorial for August, ten years after his death. They lived in the same student house and he had a relationship with Asta’s best friend, Mai. The invitation disrupts everything: the novel Asta is working on, her friendship with Mai and her two-year-old son. Desire, being in love and the parties of the past come back to haunt Asta. What really happened on the night of August’s death and in the exuberant days leading up to it? Slowly, the story she never dared tell Mai unfolds.
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Tine Høeg chose a radical narrative form: it seems as if the story was scattered across the pages in fragments. It is an enchanting and addictive experience. In a very subtle way, the author makes her readers jointly responsible for the interpretation of the story, and this makes you empathize intensely with Asta.
Memorial, 29 June is a dazzling novel about the intensity of our student years, about who we really are and who we thought we would become, and about how our ambitions, fears and memories from that time never release their grip on how we face our future.
‘Give in to the surprising layout and you will be richly rewarded: the Danish author uses few but well-chosen words to tell a poignant story of friendship and love.’
about the author
Tine Høeg (b. 1985) is a Danish writer whose debut novel, New Passengers, won the Danish Bogforums prize for best literary debut of the year. Her second novel, Memorial, 29 June, immediately made it onto the bestseller list, as did her latest novel, Sult. The winner of the Edvard P. Prize, Memorial, 29 June was nominated for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award. A stage adaptation was successfully performed by the Royal Danish Theatre. Tine Høeg lives in Copenhagen.
about the interviewer
Jozefien Van Beek (b. 1985) works as an editor for De Standaard der Letteren. She writes about visual art and literature for De Standaard and De Groene Amsterdammer. She was a co-founder and editor-in-chief of Oogst, a magazine about art, film and literature.
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Pictures: Tine Høeg © Petra Kleis, Jozefien Van Beek © Josefien Tondeleir
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