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Ketil Bjornstad: ‘The novel is the best weapon against multi-tasking’

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Ketil Bjornstad is a Norwegian pianist, composer and author. ketilbjornstad.com What was the first book to make an impression on you? It must have been Saint Exupéry, The little Prince. My father read it for me when I went to bed, and he always began to weep. Then I understood that it was beautiful and important. What was your favourite book as a child? Besides Saint Exupéry, I loved the Norwegian author Gabriel Scott’s book about the cat Sølvfaks. And what is your favourite book or books now? So many. I always have Dostojevskijs The Idiot with me in my luggage. I think Camus’s The Plague (La Peste) is one of the most...

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