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I Merubjergets Regnskygge
So far published in Danish and English.
English title: All will be well.
When Natasha Illum Berg became pregnant, she started writing letters to her unborn daughter. These letters span over three years as an introduction to our world with all of its beauty and horror. It is also a testament to a generational shift, with Natasha standing halfway between her father taking his last farewells while her child takes her first victorious steps.
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Vildnis
So far published in Danish & Swedish.
After having arranged for the funeral of a professional hunter in Tanzania, the well heeled british couple, Beatrice and Thomas, end up getting lost. Lost in their marriage and lost in the bush they are forced to ask themselves what they really want in life. It is a novel about two peoples relationship with each other as much as it is about their individual relationship with nature.
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Med hensyn til Harry
So far published in Danish and English.
English title: Looking at Harry and other stories
From New York to Tanzania, these short stories are all about “the other side of the coin”. An unkind aid-worker, a judge who becomes immoral, a terrorist who is likeable, a man who has to sit next to his best friends body for two days, are just a few of the characters presented in these six stories. Each story shines an uncomfortable light upon some of the lies we tell ourselves when it comes to simply recognising good from bad.
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Abens Hjerte
So far published in Danish.
In an attempt to get away from his unrequieted love and hurt pride the bullfighter, Diego, decides to go to Tanzania to fight an African buffalo. Meanwhile, Masha, his former girlfriend writes letters to him that he never receives.
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Tea on the Blue Sofa
So far published in English, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, French.
This autobiographical work is a collections of letters Natasha Illum Berg wrote to her lover, after he was killed outside her home in Nairobi.
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Rivers of Red Earth
So far published in Danish, Swedish, German, Italian, Dutch, Czech.
Autobiographical stories about Natasha’s journey to becoming Tanzanias only female professional hunter. The stories are about her lonely struggles in what is a fiercely male dominated world and of a deep passion for nature that relentlessly keeps her going despite anything her surroundings say or do.
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Looking at Harry
Hear me read one of the short stories from my short story collection “Looking at Harry”.
As a fun covid treat, talented photographer Eliza Powell and I, created this one hour long reading in the setting of my garden and home in Tanzania, Africa.