Insect Summer by Knut Faldbakken (first published 1972)
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Overview: Insect summer is about Peter, a boy who spends the summer he turns 16 in the country, with his uncle and aunt, as he does each year. Here he explores his adolescence and sexuality. Mysteries surround the disappearance of Maria, a girl who worked for his aunt and uncle, and a single mum living nearby seems to be a distraction to both Peter and his uncle Kristen.
This book approaches the subject of becoming a man. Peter begins to notice women for their beauty. He feels jealous of Cathrine and of Gerd for their romantic interests, yet he pursues both women simultaneously because he is so eager to have sex. Peter and Jo have a borderline homosexual relationship as they waltz with each other, and Jo offers to masturbate with Peter and asks Peter how gay men have sex with one another. While he is standing in the woods, Peter has a moment during which he realizes his heterosexuality as he ejaculates in his pants while staring at a woman. Generally, Peter is confused and sexually aroused. He acts upon any opportunity he gets to pursue a heterosexual relationship and is unaware that Jo’s actions imply homosexuality.
Book is the basis for the Norwegian movie “Den sommeren jeg fylte 15 (1976)” The Summer I turned 15.
Genre: Fiction, coming-of-age
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