The Highbrow archives: First Hobo-text (1989)
From Pål H. Christiansen novel “Harry var ikke ved sine fulle fem“, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag 1989 Translation by Ingerid White I am not very good at crossing streets in the full light of day, when the traffic is heavy and there are a lot of things going on in the city. It’s then that…
The Highbrow archives: The Origin of Hobo
“The funniest debut novel I can remember to have read ever,” the Norwegian critic and essayist Henning Hagerup wrote in his review of “Harry var ikke ved sine fulle fem” way back in 1989. Hobo Highbrow from “Drømmer om storhet” (2002), appeared as one of several main characters in this book. Looking back to the…
Hobo and the mistress of Ari Onassis
There are several things you don’t know about my novel The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow. One of them I will tell you about now: The model for the character Mrs.Høilund was an old woman I used to help out with some practical things in her apartment when I was a student in Oslo in…
Felix Janosa and Pål H. Christiansen talking about Fjodor
For a competition on Fjodors new German book “Fjodor und der große Knall” Felix Janosa and Pål H. Christiansen have sat down to chat about the naughty fish: Felix: Pål, at what age did you start writing stories and what was your first one? Pål: I wanted to write from the age of 10, but…
Felix Janosa – writer of the German Fjodor songs
“Auf der Fahrt nach Hiva Oa” is already in the Lilipuz-Charts and all Fjodorfans will surely sing along with Bobby Berg und die Landratten “Fjodor, Fjodor macht Radau, Fjodor frecher Kabeljau”! Felix Janosa, who is also the composer for the Ritter Rost musicals, has written all these songs. We have asked him some questions about…