Der savannen ender

A Norwegian family driving through South Sudan are suddenly in the middle of the modern nightmare: All of them are taken hostage by armed men and reduced to pawns in a merciless game.

Where the Savannah ends paints a bleak picture of present-day South Sudan, a country where the land that can be cultivated is leased out to foreign nations, while the civil population is driven out and starves, a country where war lords and aid organisations both keep alive a bloody competition for money, power and position, a country where all idealism has long since been ground into dust.

As a result of several decades of travelling on the African continent, Gunnar Kopperud has built up an exceptional insight into the mechanisms that govern post-colonial developments. In this novel he approaches unwieldy problem issues with brutal honesty, surprising humour and a profound understanding of the people he is writing about.

The reviewers write:

«… a thriller. But at the same time a dark, unsentimental but to a certain extent also loving acknowledgment to the continent.»
Dagens Næringsliv

«A tough, coarse-grained portrait, the drive of a thriller, of life-conditions as far removed as one can get from a completely regulated, social-democratic socity [...] Where the savannah ends is thoroughly to be recommended.»
Adresseavisen

About Under a Colder Sky (2012):

«Gunnar Kopperud writes lightly and elegantly about post-war mysteries.»
VG

«Under a Colder Sky is a political thriller written with a novelist’s temper. It is a knowledgeable novel, and language and period colouring are nicely adjusted to its content.»
Dagbladet