Aspare, powerful, supremelygraceful novel from a giant of Norwegian literature As strange, unsettling, and memorable as The Ice Palace, this remarkable novel carries with itall the compassion, human insight, and lyrical power of allgreat Vesaas novels. It 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."
- ISBN10 0720607027
- ISBN13 9780720607024
- Publish Date May 1969
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 May 2001
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Peter Owen Publishers
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 183
- Language English