What is it like to be young when everyone around you thinks they know what is best? Where is the line between care and control, and who really gets to define identity?
In the critically acclaimed young adult novel Forbanna ungdom, readers meet Noh, an angry, sharp and funny teenager who sees straight through adults’ attempts to “fix” him. Through humour, a playful use of language and brutally honest observations, Aon Raza Naqvi portrays a youth shaped by alienation, friendship, falling in love, expectations and the struggle to be understood.
Author Aon Raza Naqvi meets Marjam Idriss for a conversation about the book, writing, identity and why young adult literature needs voices that challenge established truths. An engaging and topical conversation about young people, power, belonging and what it feels like when society talks about young people, but rarely with them.
Nominated for the Critics’ Prize for Best Children’s and Young Adult Book 2025.
Nominated for the Brage Prize 2025.
An event for registered school classes that have received confirmation of an allocated place.
The event is part of Kapittel – Stavanger International Festival of Literature and Freedom of Expression, taking place from 16–20 September 2026. More information, the programme and tickets can be found at www.kapittel.no.
At some events at Sølvberget and during the Kapittel Festival, photographs and video may be taken for documentation purposes and for use on social media.
