The Boat in the Evening
Author(s): Tarjei Vesaas; Elizabeth Rokkan (Translator)
Novel | Translated fiction | Norway
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 child who has frozen into his background and become a piece of nature himself. With a kind of cinematic impressionism, this novel voyages back to episodes from childhood, adolescence, and maturity as well as conducts speculative forays into the unknown. Unfolding in a series of delicate sketches that record the changing moods of human experience, this story is at once pervaded by a sense of melancholy and a sensuous appreciation of nature. A profound and beautiful book, it is the summation of a literary artist's first-hand experience and observation of rural life--of landscape and people.
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- : Peter Owen Limited
- : Peter Owen Limited
- : 0.14515
- : 01 August 2003
- : .5 Inches X 5 Inches X 7.5 Inches
- : books
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- : Tarjei Vesaas; Elizabeth Rokkan (Translator)
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 839.8/2/372
- : 200