Berit Ellingsen is a Korean-Norwegian writer whose novel Not Dark Yet was published by Two Dollar Radio in November 2015. She is the author of the short story collections the Liquid Skin and Vessel & Solsvart, and the novel Une Ville Vide (PublieMonde). Her work has appeared in W.W. Norton's Flash Fiction International, SmokeLong Quarterly, Unstuck, Litro, Up Here - The North at the Center of the World, and other places, and been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and the British Science Fiction Award. Berit is a member of the Norwegian Author's Union and divides her time between Norway and the polar regions.
"Ellingsen charts a new course that is at times Kafkaesque and
always mesmerizing. An ambiguous and luminous and mysterious text
that changes shape and meaning on rereading, as with all the the
best fiction."
--Electric Literature"Not Dark Yet is a quiet, introspective, and
ultimately, bleak book: one that explores the possibilities and
limits of the human need for engagement--and even more, for
aloneness."
--The Los Angeles Review"Not Dark Yet by Berit Ellingsen wants to
take you places. The story moves from the city to the country,
flirts with the stars and all the space in between, and takes short
jaunts back to the city. Setting plays an important role, a
wonderful success of Ellingsen's prose considering there is never a
country or city name written. You don't need them. These are your
places, they're everyone's."
--Late Night Library"Fascinating, surreal, gorgeously written, and
like nothing you've ever read before, Not Dark Yet is the book we
all need to read right now. It is art about science, climate
change, and activism, and it vitally explores how we as people deal
with a world that is transforming in terrifying ways."
--BuzzFeed"...suspenseful and haunting... Ellingsen projects a
feeling of encroaching darkness on every page, 'the shadow of a
Kraken passing beneath the surface, ' and this tension guides the
narrative like a purposeful current. Expansive and unsettling
descriptions make it easy to fall under the story's spell. This is
a remarkable novel from a very talented author."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review"[Ellingsen] is just starting
what promises to be a major career, but already giving readers a
unique and fascinating perspective."
--Jeff VanderMeer, author of the bestselling Southern Reach
Trilogy"A magnificently disconcerting work. It's like little else
I've read."
--Vol.1 Brooklyn (Interview with the author)"A weird and wondrous
novel it is... In a refreshing twist, this is not a
post-apocalyptic novel but a pre-apocalyptic one."
--LitBreak"Not Dark Yet is disturbingly suspenseful, an unsettling
and remarkable book."
--Largehearted Boy (from Book Notes: music playlist Not Dark
Yet)"Berit Ellingsen's new novel is a surreal, unpredictable work
bringing together environmental devastation, a nuanced portrayal of
a relationship, and questions of space exploration. Does it get
under your skin? Oh yes."
--Vol.1 Brooklyn"An intriguing, philosophically driven work."
--Asian American Literature Fans"Norwegian writer Ellingsen tells
the story of Brandon, a young ex-military member who moves to the
mountains after breaking up with his boyfriend, and falls in with a
group of people undertaking a challenging agricultural project.
This is Ellingsen's second novel, and her first for acclaimed indie
press Two Dollar Radio."
--Men's Journal"...war is the least of the horsemen in Not Dark
Yet's soft, subtle apocalypse; what wreaks havoc in this novel is
climate change."
--Music & Literature"This book is about enlightenment: global
enlightenment during a time when humanity is just starting to feel
the devastating effects of global warming, when global warming is
starting to ruin personal dreams and impede individual quests for
enlightenment. The title of the book may be a warning, or it may be
a message of hope. It's not dark yet."
--The Lit Pub"...this book stands out for its portrayal of a
present perceived, received, respected, and witnessed not as
"menacing" but merely present--a monk's view of place in the midst
of a transitory storyline involving weapons and desire."
--decomP"Not Dark Yet is quirky, original, and packed with
secrets--the kind you can't wait to unravel and sit with for a long
while after... Highly recommended for readers who enjoy an
authentic book of ideas and a serious voyage of
self-discovery."
--Valerie Storey, Writing at Dava Books
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