Kopperud Gunnar Translated Norwegian Tiina (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First US Edition. Type: Hardback First US Printing. Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket. First published in Norwegian under the title "Lysets Tid" . Translated from the Norwegian by Tiina Nunnally. Black cloth binding with silver titles on spine; very clean and unmarked, tight and solid sewn binding. Grey silk ribbon page marker. Internals as new. A powerful novel about war and the pity of war. The protagonist, Markus, is a former German soldier who seeks atonement from an Armenian priest for his part in the Nazi invasion of Russia. He is captured at the Battle of Stalingrad and stays there after the war to work among the people he feels he has desecrated. He is overcome by shame and turns his back on everything. Framed by the 9-day Nagorno-Karabakh conflict of 1994, "The Time of Light" is created from a series of tales, tales of war and tales of women, that arise from Markus's conversations with the priest. A powerful and mesmorizing novel. 247 pages. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Bloomsbury Publishing, New York, 2000.