What is fate? is the question Steinar Bjartveit asks in this beautiful and slightly painful book. Fate is about when you see a little too clearly how your life will turn out in the future, while at the same time there is little you can do to influence it.
With his characteristic storytelling joy, Bjartveit takes us through various forms of grief – from the lukewarm prison of mediocrity and the snares of success, to the defeats we cannot recover from, the sweet bitterness, the deep sorrow of love and the longing for those who disappear. Is there a way out?
The author outlines two possible solutions:
Throughout the book we meet Cassandra, the princess of fabled Troy. As the smartest and most beautiful of King Priam’s 100 children, she was the one the god Apollo wanted. Therefore, he offered her boundless knowledge and the ability to see the future.
Cassandra accepted the gift but gave nothing in return, whereupon Apollo punished her by giving her another gift: Cassandra could see – and warn about – everything, but no one would believe her. A gift and a curse, or was it the opposite: That the first gift was the real curse?
Skjebnesorg is a work that challenges, moves and leaves you with an intense sense of both unease and realization. For anyone seeking to understand humanity’s place in their own history, this is an indispensable book. (Benja Stig Fagerland. Award-winning Associate Professor, Author & Founder of SHEconomy)
Steinar Bjartveit is a gifted lecturer who helps us understand the present through a deep dive into the past. (Hege Duckert. Author and journalist)
Steinar Bjartveit is a master of storytelling, and has a unique ability to make the great texts relevant to us today. (Kåre Conradi. Actor and author. Director of the Norwegian Ibsen Company)
Steinar Bjartveit is a trained psychologist and has been involved in leadership and organizational development for many years, now as a consultant and partner in Keiron, which is known for its courses and seminars that combine classical and historical perspectives with modern management theories. Bjartveit also lectures on Master of Management programs at BI Norwegian School of Management.
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