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A winter’s tale: Brightly Shining, by Ingvild Rishoi, reviewed

In a poignant story reminiscent of ‘The Little Match Girl’, two Norwegian children try to dodge social services by selling wreaths and Christmas trees when their father fails to provide for them

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Ingvild Rishoi. Mathias Fossum
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 11 January 2025
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  • Brightly Shining

    Ingvild Rishoi, translated by Caroline Waight

    Grove Press, pp. 182, £12

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