Alberta and Freedom - Softcover

Sandel, Cora

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0720612632 ISBN 13: 9780720612639

Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

Cora Sandel was one of the most important Scandinavian writers of the 20th century and this is the second volume in her richly acclaimed Alberta trilogy. Alberta Selmer escapes from her cold suffocating provincial life in Norway to seek out the summer riches in Paris: a city where the bohemians will never die, where there is absinthe and endless talk of Cubism. But Paris is not all she imagined: although she begins to write small pieces for newspapers and periodicals, Alberta's self-esteem is low, and her inexperience makes her prey to the casual approaches of predatory men. Relationships, when they happen, are neither easy nor happy. Feeling her talent beginning to suffer and her freedom stagnating, Alberta faces a struggle to survive. After its publication in 1931, Alberta and Freedom established itself as an immediate classic and Alberta Selmer as one of the century's great anti-heroines.

About this title

About the Author:

Cora Sandel was the author of the semi-autobiographical Alberta trilogy. She was awarded a State Pension for artists by Norway.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Norwegian (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0720612632
• ISBN 13: 9780720612639
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220