Ingvar Ambjørnsen (b. 1956) is one of the most popular writers in modern Norway. Author of novels, short stories, essays, dramatic works, children's books, about 30 in total. The main theme is the situation of young people, according to the writer, the “white Negro of the North”, those who could not find themselves and determine their life in a prosperous way from a material point of view Norway. The novel “View of Paradise” (1993) opens a new period in the writer’s work, this is the first part of the tetralogy about Elling, the novel was reprinted in various series twelve times. A film was made based on the third book, “Blood Brothers.” It is being published in Russian for the first time. For a wide range of readers.