"Jeg kom over de lange myrene i skumringen, og da jeg begynte å ta meg neover mot Veggli, så jeg taket på hytta inne mellom dvergbjerkene." Slik åpner NATTEN DRØMMER OM DAGEN, som handler om vandreren Sune fra skogen. Han bryter seg inn i hytter i fjell- og skogsområder ut mot sørlandskysten, eller tar seg inn på den måten han liker best: med nøkkelen som ligger under hellen. Han stjeler provianten og flanellskjorta som henger på knaggen, men maler gjerne sørveggen samtidig. Sune er en drømmer som har forlatt noen under og helst vil være alene, men han blir stadig trukket inn i et nettverk av likesinnede. De ligger på hytter ved sjøen, eller bor på en nedlagt skole på en øy. I dette blomstrende minisamfunnet trikses og deales det, men her tar man også vare på hverandre, og har ekspertise som f.eks. kan gjøre enkle operasjoner på dem som ikke har lovlig opphold i landet. En dag kommer en ung asiatisk kvinne gående rett ut av skogen. Sune vil overgi henne til andre folk, men hun limer seg fas på ham. Så blir de to som går. Han først, og hun etter.
Author
Ingvar Even Ambjørnsen-Haefs is a Norwegian writer. He is best known for his "Elling" tetralogy: Utsikt til paradiset (1993), Fugledansen (1995), Brødre i blodet (1996), and Elsk meg i morgen (1999). Brødre i blodet ("Blood brothers") was turned into a successful movie, entitled Elling, which received an Oscar nomination in the Best Foreign Film category in 2001. The English translation of the novel is called Beyond the Great Indoors. His debut novel was a semi-autobiography called 23-salen ("The 23rd Row"), in which he criticized Norway's efforts to take care of psychically challenged individuals. In all his novels he has spoken the outsiders' cause, as he did in his break-through novel Hvite Niggere ("White Niggers") in 1986. The novel is about a young man who leads a life somewhat on the edges of normal society. He is also known for the youth's book series "Pelle og Proffen" which circles around two detective teenagers, getting involved in all kinds of mysteries or crimes involving drugs, pollution and neo-Nazism among other things. He started this project after having read some of Franklin W. Dixon's books about The Hardy Boys. The books Døden på Oslo S, Giftige Løgner, and De Blå Ulvene of this series were also turned into successful movies. In 2005 the book Drapene i Barkvik ("The murders in Barkvik") appeared, about the teenager Fillip Moberg attempting to solve an axe murder in a small Norwegian village. Ambjørnsen has received many prizes for his writing. Among them is the prize for the 80s best book for children and young adults (Pelle and Proffen books), the Tabu prize in 2001, Telenor Culture Award 2002, and the Brage Prize 1995. His three Samson and Roberto books have become particularly popular in Russia, in part due to the illustrations by Nikolai Vorontsov, which also contribute carefully orchestrated local Russian-related colloquialisms to the stories. He now lives in Hamburg with his German wife and translator Gabriele Haefs, where he has lived since 1985.
