Synopsis
One of Vesaas's most important novels, The Birds tells the story of a woman who has dedicated her life to caring for her simple younger brother. When a visiting woodcutter enters their enclosed world, complications abound. The author reveals a deep and compassionate insight into human nature and a lyrical response to the Norwegian landscape.
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About the Author
TARJEI VESAAS (1897-1970), author of twenty-five novels, and several volumes of poetry, short stories, and plays, is widely regarded as one of Norway's greatest writers of the twentieth century. His writing touches on a variety of difficult themes such as mortality, guilt, and angst, while often chronicling the deep intractable human emotions of his characters. Vesaas won a number of awards, including the the prestigious Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1963 for his novel, The Ice Palace, and The Venice Prize in 1953 for The Winds. He was considered for the Nobel Prize three times.
About the translators:
TORBJØRN STØVERUD is the author of Milestones of Norwegian Literature, Modern Norwegian Literature, and, together with George Popperwell, Anthology of Norwegian Literature, Volume 1-6. Together with Hal Sutcliff he is the translator of The Story of Edvard Munch by Ketil Bjornstad and Insect Summer by Knut Faldbakken.
MICHAEL BARNES is Emeritus Professor of Scandinavian Studies at University College London. He is the author of The Scandinavian Runic Inscriptions of Britain, An Introduction to Scandinavian Phonetics, and The Norn Language of Orkney and Shetland, among others.
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Text: English, Norwegian (translation)
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