Scandinavian Literature
Scandinavian Literature
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Kristin Lavransdatter
In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate...Read more
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The Wreath
Originally published in Norwegian in 1920 and set in fourteenth-century Norway, The Wreath chronicle...Read more
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The Mistress of Husaby
The acknowledged masterpiece of the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian novelist Sigrid Undset, Kristin La...Read more
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Gunnar's Daughter
Set in Norway and Iceland at the beginning of the eleventh century, this is the story of the beautif...Read more
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Die fünfte Frau
Wallander, Kriminalkommissar bei der Mordkommission im südschwedischen Ystad, ist ein wohltuend nor...Read more
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Das Ekel aus Säffle
Mord ist nichts Neues für die Angehörigen der Stockholmer Kriminalpolizei, aber dieser hier überb...Read more
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Winter's Tales
In Isak Dinesen's universe, the magical enchantment of the fairy tale and the moral resonance of myt...Read more
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La señorita Julia
As all the great dramatists since the Greek tragedians have known, class and gender roles continue t...Read more
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World Light
As an unloved foster child on a farm in rural Iceland, Olaf Karason has only one consolation: the be...Read more
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Under the Glacier
Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness’s Under the Glacier is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece, a wryly provoc...Read more
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Iceland's Bell
Sometimes grim, sometimes uproarious, and always captivating, Iceland’s Bell by Nobel Laureate Hal...Read more