“Drilling into the human nature with sensibility, painful honesty and accurate prose. A rare talent.”
Jo Nesbo
“You could dub Tiller the anti-Knausgaard. In place of the latter’s heroic solipsism, his chorus of voices yields a prismatic, multi-faceted view of personal identity.”
Boyd Tonkin, The Independent
“Tiller develops and challenges Norwegian realism with a talent for story-telling that few of his generation can measure up to … the best thing to happen to Norwegian literature in a very long time.”
Ane Farsethås, Dagens Næringsliv
“Encircling is magnificent … with this novel Carl Frode Tiller steps into the elite of Nordic authors.”
Stein Roll, Adresseavisen
“Tiller’s Encircling trilogy avails itself of a whole range of literary devices and genres; melodrama and marital drama, thriller plots and social criticism – they’re all here. Above all, Encircling is, simply, storytelling at its best.”
Sindre Hovdenakk, VG
“The Encircling trilogy secures Tiller’s place in the canon of modern Norwegian literature.”
Gerd Elin Stava Sandve, Dagsavisen