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Jo Nesbo

For many years, it seemed as if nothing changed in Norway. You could leave the country for three months, travel the world, through coups d'etat, assassinations, famines, massacres and tsunamis, and come home to find that the only new thing in the newspape

Jo Nesbo

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The author is saying that Norway felt very stable and unchanging compared to the chaotic events happening elsewhere in the world. Even after witnessing major crises abroad, returning to Norway revealed a sense of calm and routine in its news and daily life.

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