Translated by Elizabeth Rokkan
Tarjei Vesaas’s final work before his death, this episodic novel drifts between dream-like abstraction and vivid description of seemingly ordinary yet heightened scenes of the Norwegian countryside.
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Average Rating:
3.8 rating based on 318 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 1939810388
ISBN-13: 9781939810380
Goodreads: 45726421
Author(s): Publisher: Archipelago
Published: 12/10/2019
An intensely graceful novel recounting scenes of the Norwegian countryside from one of Norway’s most beloved 20th-century writers.
Tarjei Vesaas’s final work before his death, this episodic novel drifts between dream-like abstraction and vivid description of seemingly ordinary yet heightened scenes of the Norwegian countryside. The many overlapping, semi-autobiographical vignettes of The Hills Reply relate a deep appreciation for the complexity of the human condition, nature, and relationships.
3.8 rating based on 318 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 1939810388
ISBN-13: 9781939810380
Goodreads: 45726421
Author(s): Publisher: Archipelago
Published: 12/10/2019
An intensely graceful novel recounting scenes of the Norwegian countryside from one of Norway’s most beloved 20th-century writers.
Tarjei Vesaas’s final work before his death, this episodic novel drifts between dream-like abstraction and vivid description of seemingly ordinary yet heightened scenes of the Norwegian countryside. The many overlapping, semi-autobiographical vignettes of The Hills Reply relate a deep appreciation for the complexity of the human condition, nature, and relationships.
