The Half Brother

The Half Brother
First edition cover
AuthorLars Saabye Christensen
Original titleHalvbroren
TranslatorKenneth Steven
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian
PublisherCappelen
Publication date
4 September 2001
Published in English
2003
Pages650
ISBN82-02-20208-6

The Half Brother (Norwegian: Halvbroren) is a 2001 novel by the Norwegian writer Lars Saabye Christensen. The story follows a man who grows up in Oslo after World War II, with his mother, grandmother, great grandmother and half brother. The novel was published in Norwegian by Cappelen in 2001, and in English for the first time in 2003. It received the Brage Prize and the Nordic Council Literature Prize. A television series based on the novel was broadcast on NRK in 2013.


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