Jesper Wung-Sung

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Literature Festival 2026: Meet author Jesper Wung-Sung, who is behind "Sandø's Rose" - a successful twin novel to Martin A Hansen's classic "The Liar" Annemari grew up on Sandø, where her appearance, temperament and lifestyle are a favorite topic of conversation A life squeezed on the small island and between three men: Oluf, with whom she has a child, Harry, the engineer with whom she has flirted during the long winter, and Johannes, who has been flirting with her since he came to work as a school teacher, when she was a student.was just a young girl. But as the ice loosens its grip on the island, so too will Annemari free herself from the constricting bonds. Martin A. Hansen's The Liar (1950) is one of the most widely read Danish novels. It appears on lists of the best books of the last century. In Sandø's rose, the word is given to the person with whom the Liar's Johannes Vig is in love. We experience the same days in March, when everything is coming to a head on Sandø, seen from Annemari's point of view. - Date: 3 October 2026 - Time: 15:45–17:00 - Venue: Struer Bibliotek - Address: Smedegade 1-7, Struer, Denmark