A powerful book filled with 23 eloquent and fluid poems about contemporary issues. In these poems, the author steps outside himself to examine the language he speaks, his opinions constantly colliding with one another in their contradictions, humor, and ambiguity. Oralorium is a standoff with the Internet, all the flattering, chaotic text that we devour and disgorge ourselves of day in and day out—the discussions, the arguments, and the contempt, but also the hope and the love. It’s a book about locking yourself in, the better to see out. Norddahl’s poems have been translated into over 20 languages.

“…an uncomfortably enjoyable and enjoyably uncomfortable book. It could just as well be called “The Anthology of Modern-Day Debates” and it derives its contents (if ‘contents’ is the right word) from that flood of opinions and reactions to the modern day that we all swim in, piss in, mix in.”
LITERARY CRITIC THORGEIR TRYGGVASON