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The birds / Tarjei Vesaas ; translated from Norwegian by Torbjørn Støverud and Michael Barnes.
- Title
- The birds / Tarjei Vesaas ; translated from Norwegian by Torbjørn Støverud and Michael Barnes.
- Author
- Vesaas, Tarjei, 1897-1970
- Publication
- Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books, 2016.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PT9088.V6 F813 2016 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 301 pages; 17 cm
- Summary
- Set in the Norwegian countryside over the course of one summer, The Birds tells the story of forty-year-old 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 Hege encourages her brother to find work to ease their financial burdens, but Mattis's attempts to work at the surrounding farms always end in failure and disgrace. Mattis is keenly aware of the distance between himself and the world around him, which often feels hostile; the villagers call him Simple Simon.
- Uniform Title
- Fuglane. English
- Alternative Title
- Fuglane.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fiction
- Language (note)
- Translated from the Norwegian.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9780914671206 (paperback)
- 0914671200 (paperback)
- LCCN
- ^^2015022820
- OCLC
- 911171931
- SCSB-12910834
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library