Maja Lunde is a Norwegian author and screenwriter. Lunde has written ten books for children and young adults. She has also written scripts for Norwegian television, including for the children's series Barnas supershow ("The Children's Super Show"), the drama series Hjem ("Home") and the comedy series Side om Side ("Side by Side"). She lives with her husband and three children in Oslo.
"The History of Bees brings climate change into the realm of
book-club fiction. . . . Lunde's exploration of the tension between
human instinct and the need for selflessness couldn't be more
timely."-- "Los Angeles Times"
"Imagine The Leftovers, but with honey." -- "Elle"
"Lunde, a Norwegian author and screenwriter, threads a common
string through these characters. The novel becomes far less about
bees than about family -- about how the relationship between parent
and child can be passionate, desperate, tragic and uplifting....The
History of Bees is a dark read, and yet it ends on a wavering note
of optimism. It's been likened to Emily St. John Mandel's 2014
sci-fi novel Station Eleven, with good reason."-- "Minneapolis
Star-Tribune"
"This book is about bees the same way Moby-Dick is a book about
whales or The Moviegoer is about movies.....[The History of Bees]
is reminiscent of the 1998 art film The Red Violin, in that it
weaves together three fairly disparate stories spread across the
better part of two and a half centuries. At the outset, the
connections between the three are opaque, but Lunde's compelling
narrative draws the reader in. Much as in Ray Bradbury's famed
story "A Sound of Thunder," the "butterfly effect" is in full
effect, as decisions made long ago and far away influence outcomes
in unpredictable but realistic ways."-- "BookPage"
"I once sat sheltered while a swarm of bees the size of a house
flew over me. I wish readers this same cone of isolated, humming
space when they read Maja Lunde's fine novel The History of Bees.
Here is a story that is sweeping in scope but intimate in detail.
Stepping lightly between a 19th century British naturalist, a
contemporary Ohio bee farmer, and a determined mother in a
dystopian future China, Lunde dares to imagine the chaos our
rapidly changing world invites, while finding order and hope in
individual acts of care." --Laura McBride, author of 'ROUND
MIDNIGHT and WE ARE CALLED TO RISE
"The History of Bees is spectacular and deeply moving. Lunde has
elegantly woven together a tale of science and science fiction,
dystopia and hope, and the trials of the individual and the
strengths of family."--Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author
of THE TEA GIRL OF HUMMINGBIRD LANE and SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET
FAN
"As a lover of honeybees and a fan of speculative fiction, I was
doubly smitten by The History of Bees. Maja Lunde's novel is an
urgent reminder of how much our survival depends on those
remarkable insects. It is also a gripping account of how--despite
the cruelest losses--humanity may abide and individual families can
heal."--Jean Hegland, author of STILL TIME and INTO THE FOREST
"By turns devastating and hopeful, The History of Bees resonates
powerfully with our most pressing environmental concerns. Following
three separate but interconnected timelines, Lunde shows us the
past, the present, and a terrifying future in a riveting story as
complex as a honeycomb."--Bryn Greenwood, New York Times
bestselling author of ALL THE UGLY AND WONDERFUL THINGS
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