Glowing Praise for ‘The Tale of Mrs. Berg’

The Tale of Mrs. Berg, Ingvild H. Rishøi’s critically acclaimed short story collection, has received glowing endorsement from Dutch daily newspaper Tzum. Here’s an excerpt:

“[…] five stories that stay with you. Whether it is due to the art of omission, which allows the reader to intensively write along with the story and therefore remain connected to it, or because of the endearing characters who seek shelter in your heart, the stories hover in your memories even after a few years, as if they were your very own memories. […] In a collection of stories, there are usually a few gripping ones, while the rest fade into insignificance. That isn’t the case with this collection. You are completely immersed until the very last story, and you don’t want to miss a single word. […] Let us hope that [the translator] will continue translating everything that flows out of Rishøi’s pen, because there is a dread that comes along with these stories: they end, while you would rather keep living in them for a while longer.”

The Dutch edition of The Tale of Mrs. Berg was published by Koppernik on May 8th, 2025.