| Bergeners Contributor(s): Espedal, Tomas (Author), Anderson, James (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0857424424 ISBN-13: 9780857424426 Publisher: Seagull Books OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Scandinavian - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Travel | Europe - Scandinavia (finland, Norway, Sweden) |
| Dewey: 839.828 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.3" W x 8.1" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Scandinavian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bergeners is a love letter to a writer's hometown. The book opens in New York City at the swanky Standard Hotel and closes in Berlin at Askanischer Hof, a hotel that has seen better days. But between these two global metropolises we find Bergen, Norway--its streets and buildings and the people who walk those streets and live in those buildings. Using James Joyce's Dubliners as a discrete guide, celebrated Norwegian writer Tomas Espedal wanders the streets of his hometown. On the journey, he takes notes, reflects, writes a diary, and draws portraits of the city and its inhabitants. Espedal writes tales and short stories, meets fellow writers, and listens to their anecdotes. In a way that anyone from a small town can relate to, he is drawn away from Bergen but at the same time he can't seem to stay away. Espedal's Bergeners is a book not just about Bergen, but about life--in a way no one else could have captured. |
Contributor Bio(s): Anderson, James: - James Anderson's literary translations from the Norwegian include Berlin Poplars, by Anne B. Ragde; Nutmeg, by Kristin Valla; and several books by Jostein Gaarder. |