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Spring Night by Kenneth G. (TRN) Tarjei; Chapman Vesaas
Category: Fiction | Series: Peter Owen Modern Classic
The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
This is the story of Mattis, a mentally handicapped man who lives with and is cared for by his older sister, Hege. Within their isolated, lakeside existence, Mattis cannot make sense of his tangled thoughts, frightening apparitions, surges of emotion and clever insights. When a travelling lumberjack att ...Show more
The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas
Category: Fiction
A tale of delicate beauty and deceptive simplicity by one of the greatest Scandinavian writers of the twentieth century. The Birds tells the story of Mattis, who has mental disabilities and lives in a small house near a lake with his sister Hege who ekes out a modest living knitting sweaters. From time ...Show more
The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas
Category: Classics | Series: Peter Owen Cased Classics Ser.
In rural Norway, one evening after school, 11-year-old Siss and Unn strike up a deep and unusual bond. When the next day Unn sets off into the wintry woods in search of a mysterious frozen waterfall, known locally as the "ice palace," and does not return, a devastated Siss takes it upon herself to find ...Show more
The Ice Palace by Elizabeth (TRN) Tarjei; Rokkan Vesaas
Category: Fiction | Series: Peter Owen Cased Classics Ser.
A new edition of what is commonly seen as the legendary Norwegian writer's masterpiece, this story tells the tale of Siss and Unn, two friends who have only spent one evening in each other's company. But so profound is this evening between them that when Unn inexplicably disappears, Siss's world is shat ...Show more
The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas
Category: Fiction
Two 11-year old girls, Unn and Siss meet. Unn is about to reveal a secret, one that leads to her death in a formation of ice caused by a large waterfall. Siss is left to struggle with the fidelity to the memory of a friend
The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'How simple this novel is. How subtle. How strong. How unlike any other. It is unique. It is unforgettable. It is extraordinary' Doris Lessing'I'm surprised it isn't the most famous book in the world' Max Porter, author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers'She was close to the edge now: the ice laid its ...Show more
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