Christian Jungersen Denmark
Christian Jungersen's first novel, Krat, won the Danish Best First Novel of The Year Award and stayed on the Danish bestseller lists for three months. It was also shortlisted for Weekendavisen's prestigious Literature Prize and selected Book of the Month by the book club Samlerens Bogklub.
In addition, the Danish Arts Foundation awarded the author its coveted three year grant. This is the first time in twenty years the grant had been given to anyone who had written just one novel (Peter Høeg included).
For his second novel, Undtagelsen (The Exception) Jungersen joined the International Association of Genocide Scholars and conducted extensive research on the psychology of genocide perpetrators.
Number 12 on The Publishing Trends 2005 Year - End International Fiction Bestsellers Report
Winner of The Golden Laurels 2005 (Prize of the Danish Booksellers)
Winner of P2's Romanpris 2005 (Prize of the Danish Radio)
Undtagelsen (The Exception), Gyldendal 2004, is a psychological thriller of high literary quality. Moreover, it also explores two issues of immediate importance. Workplace harassment is an urgent problem for millions of potential readers, and the drama inherent in "employees turned evil by circumstance" is considerable. Nevertheless, this is a subject that novelists have largely ignored. The Exception is, in this way, a first.
Rights sold:
Sweden: Albert Bonniers Förlag
Norway: Aschehoug
Finland: Otava
Netherlands: De Geus
France: Denoël
Spain: Random House Mondadori
Italy: Mondadori
USA: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
US paperback: Anchor Books
Canada: Doubleday Canada
Germany: Piper Verlag
UK: Weidenfeld & Nicholson
UK paperback: Phoenix
Iceland: Edda
Poland: W.A.B.
Brasil: Intrinseca
Portugal: Caleidoscópio
Russia: Atticus