Historical fiction books from Norway
Recommended historical fiction books (9)
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If you are into historical fiction here are some historical fiction books from Norway for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen EN
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Ibsen's 1879 play shocked its first audiences with its radical insights into the social roles of husband and wife. His portrayal of the caged 'songbird' in his flawed heroine Nora remains one of the most striking dramatic depictions of the late 19th century woman. This revised edition contains introductory commentary and notes by Sophie Duncan, which offer a contemporary lens on the play's gender politics and consider seminal productions of the play into the 21st century. METHUEN DRAMA STUDENT EDITIONS are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern and classic repertoire... continue
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De onzichtbaren by Roy Jacobsen NL
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Begin 20ste eeuw groeit een meisje, letterlijk en figuurlijk, met tegenwind op op een eilandje voor de Noorse kust, dat niet te zien is vanaf de kust, maar vanwaar het vasteland wel te zien is.
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Giants in the Earth : A Saga of the Prairie by O. E. Rölvaag EN
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The classic story of a Norwegian pioneer family's struggles with the land and the elements of the Dakota Territory as they try to make a new life in America.
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My Men : A Novel by Victoria Kielland EN
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"My Men is a stylistic tour de force . . . It reads like an expressionist prose-poem penned by a stark-minded zealot . . . Kielland is clearly a gifted writer, and My Men is an impressively realized creation." —Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal "This fascinating, off-kilter novel about a female serial killer is an unexpectedly thrilling read.” —Karl Ove Knausgård, author of My Struggle and The Morning Star "Kielland’s dense, lyrical novel offers both insight and opacity . . . Despite the subject matter, this novel is not your typical thriller. The language, in Searls’ translation, is dense, p... continue
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Peder Victorious : A Tale of the Pioneers Twenty Years Later by O. E. Rölvaag EN
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Peder Victorious, the sequel to Rölvaag's massive Giants in the Earth, continues the saga of the Norwegian settlers in the Dakotas. Here again, years later, are all the sturdy pioneers of the earlier novel, Rölvaag's "vikings of the prairie"—Per Hansa's Beret and their children, Syvert Tönseten and Kjersti, and Sörine. The great struggle against the land itself has been won. Now there is to be a second struggle, a struggle to adapt, to become Americans. The development of the Spring Creek settlement in these years is manifested in the rebellious growing up of Peder Victorious. Peder is a beaut... continue
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Polarnatten by Heidi Sævareid DK
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Polarnatten" er Heidi Sævareids mesterlige roman om det barske liv på Svalbard i 1950’erne.
Longyearby på Svalbard er omgivet af den nådesløses tundra, som kun indtages af de store isbjørne og den uendelige sne. I døgndrift driver kulvogne langs svævebanen fra minen ned til kysten. Eivor er flyttet til byen med sin mand Finn og deres to børn. Mens han arbejder som læge, er hun alene med de to små piger i en alt for varm lejlighed på hospitalet. Eivor mærker en stigende frygt for mørket o... continue
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The Bell in the Lake : A Novel by Lars Mytting EN
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"As long as people could remember, the stave church's bells had rung over the isolated village of Butangen, Norway. Cast in memory of conjoined twins, the bells are said to ring on their own in times of danger. In 1879, young pastor Kai Schweigaard moves to the village, where young Astrid Hekne yearns for a modern life. She sees a way out on the arm of the new pastor, who needs a tie to the community to cull favor for his plan for the old stave church, with its pagan deity effigies and supernatural bells. When the pastor makes a deal that brings an outsider, a sophisticated German architect, i... continue
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The History of Bees by Maja Lunde EN
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"In the spirit of Station Eleven and Never Let Me Go, this ... literary debut follows three generations of beekeepers from the past, present, and future, weaving a ... story of their relationship to the bees--and to their children and one another--against the backdrop of an urgent, global crisis"--