A new edition of what is commonly seen as the legendary Norwegian writer's masterpiece. Siss and Unn are new friends ? so new that they have spent only one whole evening in each other's company. But so profound is that evening that when Unn...
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A new edition of what is commonly seen as the legendary Norwegian writer's masterpiece. Siss and Unn are new friends ? so new that they have spent only one whole evening in each other's company. But so profound is that evening that when Unn inexplicably disappears Siss's world is shattered. Siss's struggle with her fidelity to the memory of her friend and Unn's 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 r
Front Cover; About the Author; Part One: SISS AND UNN; 1 - Siss; 2 - Unn; 3 - One Single Evening; 4 - The Side of the Road; 5 - The Ice Palace; Part Two: SNOW-COVERED BRIDGES; 1 - Unn Vanishes; 2 - Vigil; 3 - Before the Men Leave; 4 - Fever; 5 - In Deepest Snow; 6 - The Promise; 7 - Unn Cannot Be Blotted Out; 8 - School; 9 - The Gift; 10 - The Bird; 11 - An Empty Seat; 12 - A Dream of Snow-Covered Bridges; 13 - Black Creatures on the Snow; 14 - The Vision in March; 15 - A Test; Part Three: WOODWIND PLAYERS; 1 - Auntie; 2 - Like the Water Drop and the Twig; 3 - The Palace Closes
4 - Melting Ice5 - An Open Window; 6 - Woodwind Players; 7 - The Palace Falls; By the same author; Copyright; Back Cover
