Oslo, late summer 2011
A month has passed since the terror attack July 22nd. Rebekka didn’t know any of the 77 people who died that day. On the news, people talk about taking normal life back. And Rebekka really tries.. When her friend Fariba become a member of Labour Youth, Rebekka gets occupied with the school’s revue, in Daniel with the curly hair, in partying, with school work, and with friends.
The problem is, Rebekka can’t stop thinking about it.
Missed calls is graphic novel about coming of age under the shadow of terrorism. It is a story about how hard it is to reach out to each other, and how what can happen when we manage to.
Missed calls was awarded the 2021 Riksmål Prize for excellent prose.
“Few, or none, describe the depression of a nation and the tense atmosphere of fall 2011 the way Nora Dåsnes does. (…) Nora Dåsnes draws Oslo how Edvard Munch would have done it today.”
In other languages:
DANISH - Turbine
FRENCH - Casterman
I’m represented by Evy Tillman at Oslo Literary Agency.
