A tale of intense friendship and almost overwhelming grief amongst the frozen fjords of rural Norway.
Tarjei Vesaas (Author)
Tarjei Vesaas died at the age of 72 in the same small village where
he was born- Vinje in Telemark, an isolated mountainous district of
southern Norway. He wrote more than 25 novels and was nominated 30
times for the Nobel Prize.
How simple this novel is. How subtle. How strong. How unlike any
other. It is unique. It is unforgettable. It is extraordinary.
*Independent*
It is hard to do justice to The Ice Palace . . . The narrative is
urgent, the descriptions relentlessly beautiful, the meaning as
powerful as the ice piling up on the lake.
*The Times*
Vesaas's laconic sentences are as cold and simple as ice - and as
fantastic.
*The Telegraph*
The atmosphere created is magical: rather than explaining
something, he will just plant a poetic statement and let it grow
within you.
*The Telegraph*
But if I had to choose a book I'm surprised isn't the most famous
book in the world it might be The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas.
*Times Literary Supplement*
A haunting story, full of ice and wind and poetry.
*The Guardian*
If I had to choose a book I'm surprised isn't the most famous book
in the world it might be The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas.
*Times Literary Supplement*
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