{"id":23801,"date":"2021-03-03T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=23801"},"modified":"2021-03-02T20:54:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T20:54:37","slug":"dog-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2021\/03\/03\/dog-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Anja Dahle \u00c3\u02dcverbye<\/strong>, translated by Agnes Scott Langeland<\/strong> (Centrala)
\nISBN: 978-0-9933951-9-2 (TPB)<\/p>\n

Friendship is a strange and potent thing, especially if formed during or overlapping and surviving the fraught transition from little kids to turbulent teen\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Released as Hundedagar<\/em><\/strong> in 2015, Anja Dahle \u00c3\u02dcverbye’s award-winning debut graphic novel is set in a timeless \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Then\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in North West Norway as a small group of schoolgirls endure the dull tedium and decimating heat and foul odours of the annual Dog Days – when the usual nothing-to-do is cruelly exacerbated by debilitating heat and still air to match the static lives of the same old crowd.<\/p>\n

Anne <\/em>is having a difficult time. She’s too old for silly pranks, stamp albums and other kids’ stuff, but not old enough to go with life-long friend Marielle<\/em> to interesting new places like the youth club. Worse yet, annoying creepy Carrie<\/em> is monopolising Marielle’s time. They’re forming a bond: a clique of two who seem to spend most of their time being mean and playing nasty pranks on Anne.<\/p>\n

Endless days go by and even tragedy at a neighbour’s house, the big fair and that creepy adult hanging around can’t dispel the tedium. The situation between the rivals worsens, so Anne decides to act. If she wants to restore the status quo or be part of a new one, she needs to adapt. Happily, shy, quiet Kate <\/em>is around to take the cruel heat\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

A sleek but chilling examination of unformed personalities instinctively vying for dominance, Dog Days<\/strong> is a deceptively powerful treatment of friendship and alliances that will remain with you long after yo finish reading.
\n\u00c2\u00a9 Centrala Ltd.\/Anja Dahle \u00c3\u02dcverbye. Translation \u00c2\u00a9 Agnes Scott Langeland. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Anja Dahle \u00c3\u02dcverbye, translated by Agnes Scott Langeland (Centrala) ISBN: 978-0-9933951-9-2 (TPB) Friendship is a strange and potent thing, especially if formed during or overlapping and surviving the fraught transition from little kids to turbulent teen\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Released as Hundedagar in 2015, Anja Dahle \u00c3\u02dcverbye’s award-winning debut graphic novel is set in a timeless \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Then\u00e2\u20ac\u009d … <\/p>\n

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