Author: Tarjei Vesaas

'The best Norwegian novel ever' Karl Ove KnausgaardMattis doesn't understand much about the world. He doesn't understand why others call him simp...

Aspare, powerful, supremelygraceful novel from a giant of Norwegian literature As strange, unsettling, and memorable as The Ice Palace, this remark...

From the author of The Ice Palace, winner of Bookslut''s Daphne Award for fiction, comes a new addition to the Peter Owen Modern Classics seriesT...

'I'm surprised it isn't the most famous book in the world' Max Porter'How simple this novel is. How subtle. How strong. How unlike any other. It is...

The Birds tells the story of Mattis, who is mentally retarded and lives in a small house near a lake with his sister Hege. From time to time she en...