“From the Lighthouse” is based on the book Barn på fyr—minner om oppvekst (Children at the lighthouse—memories of childhood) by Ragnhild Roald, Aschehoug, 2003.
“It’s Snowing” quotes a poem by Gunnar Ekelöf, in the translator’s own translation.
“Vitalie Meets an Officer” cites the biography Somebody Else—Arthur Rimbaud in Africa, 1880–91, by Charles Nicholl, Vintage, 1998.