Tarjei Vesaas

• Jan-1972
• / General Fiction
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Earning its author a third nomination for the Nobel Prize, this tale centers on a crane colony arriving at its breeding ground to play out a delicate drama, ending with the rarely observed ceremony of the ritual dance. All is observed by a transfixed...

• May-2009
• / General Fiction
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An intense friendship between 2 young girls turns tragic when one gets lost in a frozen waterfall’s ice chambers in this dreamlike Norwegian masterpieceFeatures a new introduction by Karl Ove KnausgaardIn rural Norway, 11-year-old Siss, socially at...

• Sep-2010
• / Literary
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First published in Norway in 1954, this lyrical novel is about an abrupt change from childish dreams and safety to grown-up responsibilities and happiness. On the surface it deals with what happens to two youngsters left for a night alone on their...

• Mar-2013
• / Literary
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“Tarjei Vesaas has written the best Norwegian novel ever, The Birds -- it is absolutely wonderful, the prose is so simple and so subtle, and the story is so moving that it would have been counted amongst the great classics from the last century if...

• Apr-2015
• / Literary
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A spare, powerful, supremely graceful novel from a giant of Norwegian literature
As strange, unsettling, and memorable as The Ice Palace, this remarkable novel carries with it all the compassion, human insight, and lyrical power of all great Ves...

• Apr-2015
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From the author of The Ice Palace, winner of Bookslut's Daphne Award for fiction, comes a new addition to the Peter Owen Modern Classics seriesThe themes of 1940's The Seed are violence and guilt. A maniac visiting an island murders a girl. He is pur...

• Dec-2019
• / Literary
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“There’s beauty to be found outdoors, but it’s not without its horrors. The conflicted role of humans in nature is a familiar theme, but few narratives hum with the surreal power of this one.”  -- Kirkus ReviewsAn intensely graceful ...