Tarjei Vesaas

Los pájaros, del escritor Tarjei Vesaas, es una de las grandes novelas noruegas del siglo XX. Por fin se traduce al castellano esta emocionante obra Mattis no entiende muy bien el mundo. No entiende

«El miedo puede ser como crujidos en un dique helado.»Esta es la historia de dos niñas de once años que, aunque son muy diferentes, sienten una conexión muy especial desde el primer momento. Esta es

Una obra mestra de la literatura nòrdica, protagonitzada per un home que els altres veuen com un beneit.Com el Benjy d’El soroll i la fúria, el protagonista d’aquesta novel·la és un beneit. Però aquí

Mattis no entiende mucho sobre el mundo. No entiende por qué otros lo llaman simple. O por qué su hermana Hege, que lo ha cuidado en su tranquila cabaña junto al lago desde que eran pequeños, se siente tan frustrada. Pero el sabe que la becada que empieza a volar sobre su casa todos los dias es una señal de que algo esta a punto de cambiar. Y cuando Hege se enamora, perturbando su existencia familiar y desequilibrando sus pensamientos, decide que debe enfrentar su destino.

A tale of delicate beauty and deceptive simplicity by one of the greatest Scandinavian writers of the twentieth century.The Birds tells the story of Mattis, who has mental disabilities and lives in a small house near a lake with his sister Hege who ekes out a modest living knitting sweaters. From time to time she encourages her brother to find work to ease their financial burdens, but Mattiss attempts come to nothing. When finally he sets himself up as a ferryman, the only passenger he manages to bring across the lake is a lumberjack, Jrgen. When Jrgen and Hege become lovers, Mattis finds he cannot adjust to this new situation . . .

'How simple this novel is. How subtle. How strong. How unlike any other. It is unique. It is unforgettable. It is extraordinary' Doris Lessing'I'm surprised it isn't the most famous book in the world' Max Porter, author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers'She was close to the edge now: the ice laid its hand upon her' The schoolchildren call it the Ice Palace: a frozen waterfall in the Norwegian fjords transformed into a fantastic structure of translucent walls, sparkling towers and secret chambers. It fascinates two young girls, lonely Unn and lively Siss, who strike up an intense friendship. When Unn decides to explore the Ice Palace alone and doesn't return, Siss must try to cope with the loss of her friend without succumbing to a frozen world of her own making.

Part allegory, part fable, The House In The Dark was written in secret during the German occupation of Norway, and gives a stirring picture of how a society struggled to stay united under the strain of being watched by their invaders. Unusual in Vesaass oeuvre in that it depicts events in wider society, The House In The Dark is nevertheless as powerful and rewarding as any novel by him

The Boat in the Evening is the last book by the acclaimed Norwegian writer Tarjei Vesaas. On its publication in Scandinavia it was quickly acclaimed as the culmination of Vesaass work, and placed its author for the third time among the finalists for the Nobel Prize. A crane colony arrives at its breeding ground to play out a delicately drama that ends with the rarelyobserved ceremony of the ritual dance. All is observed by a transfixed child who has frozen into his background and become a piece of nature himself, "a pale tussock in a windcheater". In The Boat in the Evening the author, with a kind of cinematic impressionism, voyages back to episodes from childhood, adolecence and maturity as well as making speculative forays into the unknown. Unfolding in a series of delicate sketches that record the changing moods of human experience, The Boat in the Evening is at once pervaded by a sense of melancholy and a sensuous appreciation of nature. A profound and beautiful book, it is the summation of a literary artists firsthand experience and observation of rural life - of landscape and people.

Tarjei Vesaass 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 Vesaas novel.

A new edition of what is commonly seen as the legendary Norwegian writers masterpiece. Siss and Unn are new friends - so new that they have spent only one whole evening in each others company. But so profound is that evening that when Unn inexplicably disappears Sisss world is shattered. Sisss struggle with her fidelity to the memory of her friend and Unns fatal exploration of the strange, terrifyingly beautiful frozen waterfall that is the Ice Palace are described in prose of a lyrical economy that ranks among the most memorable achievements of modern literature. Tarjei Vesaas is regarded as one of the finest writers ever to have come out of Scandinavia - he is notable for having been nominated for the Nobel Prize three times and has been considered one of the greatest prose stylists never to have won. Nevertheless, his reputation is secure and growing all the time. Peter Owen has long considered The Ice Palace to be the greatest work ever to have come from his publishing house, which boasts seven Nobel Prize winners on its list.

L'Unn fa poc que ha arribat a una nova escola. Una de les seves companyes de classe, la Siss, n'intueix una sèrie de secrets i de misteris. Una tarda l'Unn convida la Siss a jugar a casa seva. És la

Clásico de las letras escandinavas del siglo XX. El palacio de hielo es una hermosísima historia de amistad entre dos niñas, Siss y Unn, de once años, y la dolorosa huella que la muerte de una de ellas deja en la otra. Historia de una amistad mas fuerte que el amor y la muerte, surgida de un breve encuentro en el que las protagonistas juran que se recordaran siempre. Siss, una muchacha despierta, lider de su clase en la escuela, vive intrigada por Unn, una niña de su misma edad llegada al pueblo para vivir con su tia, ya que es huerfana de madre soltera. Timida, solitaria, siempre aislada de los demas, Unn parece encerrar un secreto que Siss quiere compartir. La amistad entre ambas quedara truncada, apenas iniciada, por la desaparicion de Unn, muerta en el interior del palacio de hielo, donde penetra sola, un dia en que falta a la escuela.

Em meio ao frio cortante e à escuridão do fim do outono norueguês, um vínculo singular aflora entre duas meninas. Siss é popular, a líder da escola. Unn é solitária, mas tem uma personalidade marcant