"Meticulous
research is presented with all the lyricism of a modernist
musical style ... Bjørnstad's poetic prose has authority and
beauty."
Lesley McDowell,
Independent on Sunday
“It is not without
good reason that Ketil Bjørnstad has been awarded the Prix des
Lecteurs for To Music ... Like To Music, The
River is great literature – sombre and uplifting at the same
time.”