Praise for the Book

“Word by word, Berget’s ecopoetry is like water drops falling from icicles, turning the jagged and hard
matter of environmental degradation into pure light before disappearing into earth. Paltrineri’s translation
is breathtakingly poetic and precise.”

—Aron Aji, translator of Bilge Karasu, The Garden of the Departed Cats

“Aesthetically and philosophically compelling, this poetry is stimulating, sonically rich, and semantically
complex. Paltrineri’s remarkable translation is as inventive, harrowing, and uplifting as the original.”

—Gabriel Gudding, author of Literature for Nonhumans
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​and when the light comes it will be so fantastic, by Kristin Berget, translated from the Norwegian by Kathleen Maris Paltrineri, Northwestern University Press/Curbstone, July 15, 2025

In the News

and when the light comes it will be so fantastic reviewed in "What's New in Translation: July 2025" at the Asymptote blog.

and when the light comes it will be so fantastic featured in Tobias Carroll's July 2025 Watchlist for Words Without Borders

and when the light comes it will be so fantastic featured in World Literature Today's blog feature on the Third Coast Translators Collective for Women in Translation Month.

Reading from and when the light comes it will be so fantastic with Norwegian poet Kristin Berget and discussion with editor Marisa Siegel in ASF/Scandinavia House Virtual Book Talk.

Excerpts

Circumference Magazine
From and when the light comes it will be so fantastic
By Kristin Berget
Translated from the Norwegian by Kathleen Maris Paltrineri
 
Guernica
From and when the light comes it will be so fantastic
By Kristin Berget
Translated from the Norwegian by Kathleen Maris Paltrineri

Action Books
Poetry in Action
Eleven Poems from and when the light comes it will be so fantastic
By Kristin Berget
​Translated from the Norwegian by Kathleen Maris Paltrineri

Brink
Seven Poems from and when the light comes it will be so fantastic
By Kristin Berget
Translated from the Norwegian by Kathleen Maris Paltrineri

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