The wildly popular Norwegian novelist Vigdis Hjorth returns to a dark past.

By Honor Jones

From the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠April 2026 issue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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