Strindberg and Autobiography: Writing and Reading a Life (Series a (Norvik Press))

Robinson, Michael

Biographies & Memoirs

Norvik Pr

"Soderberg (1869-1941) has a considerable reputation in Sweden for his essays, Reviews, Novels, Plays and short stories, and this collection of 26 tales covers a wide range of topics, Including philosophy, Religion, Politics and the gamut of human e

Short Stories (Norvik Press Series B) (English and Swedish Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Söderberg, Hjalmar

Short Stories & Anthologies

A thought-provoking study. The author deals here not only with the actual children who appear in Ibsen's plays but more so with those many adults who, in the author's words, are `sealed by environment, heredity, chance or self-will into childish roles which they are incapable of outgrowing.'.... A fresh and thought-provoking reassessment of Ibsen's achievement as poet and dramatist.-Scandinavian-American Bulletin

Time's Disinherited Children: Childhood, Regression & Sacrifice in the Plays of Henrik Ibsen (Series a (Norvik Press))

Robin Young

History & Criticism

The protagonist of this mild satire - is a human brain floating in an aquarium - The bodiless Ypsilon, expected to be an unemotional intellect, feels lonely. Beause he is lovesick over a pretty lab assistant, Ypsilon chooses not to respond to elaborate educational regiments - With the aid of a chimpanzee and a detached human hand, he makes detailed plans for an impractical escape - Amusing and phantasmagoric.--Publishers Weekly. ""Thanks to [Lesser], Ypsilon has become as convincing and many-facetted to the English-speaking audience as he is to his Swedish readers, and the ethical and wider human problems posed by his situation have become just as urgent.""--Swedish Book Review.

A Living Soul (Norvik Press Series B No 5) (English and Swedish Edition)

Jersild, P. C.

Contemporary

Garton and Sehmsdorf provide an introduction to contemporary Norwegian theater, a list of English translations of the 4 dramatists' works, and a select bibliography...The plays at hand are meant to reflect the diversity of contemporary Norwegian dramatic writing - A fine selection, ably translated""-Scandinavian Studies. ""Attractively presented...It must be welcomed as the first anthology of contemporary Norwegian drama in English translation""-Scandinavian-Canadian Studies.

New Norwegian Plays (Norvik Press Series B)

Janet Garton

Dramas & Plays

As a young man, Norwegian Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize for literature, sojourned in America, where he worked and traveled widely -. In this first volume he feelingly describes his disdain for this `Philistine land,' its people and its customs - Once back home, his letters - discuss his desire to create a new literature, one that would break away from conventions and explore psychological motivations and experiences, `the mimosa of thought, the fine fragments of feeling'."" - Publishers Weekly. From his experimental novels of the 1890s to the broader narrative sweep of his later works, Hamsun's contribution to the development of the modern European novel is uniquely important. ""Well translated - informatively introduced."" - TLS.

Knut Hamsun: Selected Letters, Vol. I: 1879-1898 (Norvik Press)

Knut, Hamsun

Arts & Literature

By the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, an historical tale set in eighteenth century Sweden, in which the action is dominated by a mysterious ring which seems to blight the lives of those who own it. It is a disturbing saga of superstition and the supernatural, of revenge from beyond the grave, and in many ways, is a forerunner of modern feminist writing. A rather exotic ghost story."" - Publishers Weekly. ""[An] immensely sensitive translation, which achieves both the deceptive simplicity and the reverberating dimensions of Lagerlöf's text."" - Swedish Book Review.

Lowenskold Ring (Norvik Press Series B)

Selma, Lagerlöf

Genre Fiction

Considered the first Norwegian feminist novel - timeless in its evocation of real human emotions and the dilemmas they present."" - Publishers Weekly. ""A historical milestone in the development of Norwegian feminism, the novel was also a significant influence on major authors such as Ibsen, who admired Collett's insights into the crippling options of women in their time - A stimulating, thought provoking work, excellently translated."" - Belles Lettres. ""A classic in Norwegian literature."" - News of Norway.

District Governor's Daughters (Norvik Press Series B)

Camilla Collett

Literary

Can incontestably be regarded as an essential work for any person or library seriously interested in Strindberg. The fact that it appears in English is of inestimable value, since it makes available to a wide public the fruits of distinguished Swedi

Strindberg and Genre

Michael Robinson

Set at the end of the 19th century, this novel is a tale of mutiny and shipwreck. The narrator, Peder Jensen, is both competent second mate and unworldly philosopher. Esther Greenleaf Muerer has previously translated other works by Jens Bjorneboe, including "Moment of Freedom".

The Sharks

Jens Bjørneboe

Murer, Esther Greenleaf

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