Peasant in Paris

Jan Grevstads second collection of nine short stories has, above all, the ambition to amuse its reader. Amid a dash of satire, his stories reflect British type of humour at its best. Mostly stories of fiction, they have strong roots in real life with compassion for the human condition and human fate. The Edelweiss Saga is based on an old tale and has an ecological touch, while The New Shooting Range is a fantasy developed from a real experience of cultural clashes in the Alps. Dont Queue is based on the true story of a Royal Norwegian visit to Geneva, and A Peasant in Paris is entirely autobiographical.