Jeden z nás - Příběh o Norsku – Seierstad Asne (2019)

The day that forever changed the face of contemporary Europe: July 22, 2011. Anders Behring Breivik first detonated a bomb in downtown Oslo, killing eight people, and then, disguised as a police officer and heavily armed, moved to the island of Utoya, where he gradually murdered sixty-nine participants of a summer camp organized by the youth organization of the Social Democratic Party. All of this stemmed from a desire for perfection and purity – of his country and of himself. The excellent reportage novel by Asne Seierstad, One of Us: A Story of Norway, narrates the detailed course of this 'black day', delving into the lives of many affected families and thoroughly analyzing the difficult childhood and adolescence of the man who became the worst mass murderer in Norwegian history. One of Us: A Story of Norway is not only a psychological study of the terrorist and his preparations for a crime of unprecedented scale but also a dramatic 'true-crime thriller' that will undoubtedly astonish you and from which you will not be able to tear yourself away. The title of this book is not accidental – the perpetrator of this monstrous act directed against society as a whole is not a fanatical foreigner but a member of the majority who until then had behaved like 'one of us'. The brilliant book by Asne Seierstad, One of Us: A Story of Norway, is published in a translation by Eva Dohnálková.