Tarjei Vessas Bücher

Tarjei Vesaas, ein norwegischer Dichter und Romanautor, schrieb in der Sprache Nynorsk. Sein Stil zeichnet sich durch eine einfache, knappe und symbolische Prosa aus. Vesaas widmete sich oft einfachen ländlichen Charakteren, die schwere psychologische Dramen durchleben und die laut Kritikern mit immensem psychologischem Einblick beschrieben werden. Seine Werke behandeln häufig Themen wie Tod, Schuld, Angst und andere tiefe menschliche Emotionen, wobei die norwegische Naturlandschaft eine herausragende Rolle spielt. Seine Meisterschaft in der Nynorsk-Sprache trug zu ihrer Akzeptanz als Medium weltklassiger Literatur bei.

The Bridges
200 Seiten
7 Lesestunden
4,0(25)Abgeben
Tarjei Vessas's The Bridges describes the changing relationships between three adolescents - an unmarried mother who has drowned her newborn child and the girl and boy who befriend her. Their individual reactions to the tragedy and their efforts to communicate with each other form the central theme of the narrative. As strange, unsettling - and memorable - as The Ice Palace, this remarkable novel carries with all the compassion, human insight and lyrical power of a great Vessas novel.
The Seed
224 Seiten
8 Lesestunden
3,7(49)Abgeben
From the author of The Ice Palace, winner of Bookslut's Daphne Award for fiction, comes a new addition to the Peter Owen Modern Classics series The themes of 1940's The Seed are violence and guilt. A maniac visiting an island murders a girl. He is pursued by the islanders and killed by the victim's brother. Too late, the avengers become aware of their own guilt, with its attendant mutual mistrust, and they attempt to expiate their crime. Vesaas's graphic evocation of nature and his parallel between the violence of savage animals and humanity make this a book of unusual literary distinction.

The Bridges

The Seed