Lars Mytting

The engrossing epic novel--a #1 bestseller in Norway--of a young woman whose fate plays out against her village's mystical church bells As long as people could remember, the stave church's bells had rung over the isolated village of Butangen, Norway. Cast in memory of conjoined twins, the bells are said to ring on their own in times of danger. In 1879, young pastor Kai Schweigaard moves to the village, where young Astrid Hekne yearns for a modern life. She sees a way out on the arm of the new pastor, who needs a tie to the community to cull favor for his plan for the old stave church, with its pagan deity effigies and supernatural bells. When the pastor makes a deal that brings an outsider, a sophisticated German architect, into their world, the village and Astrid are caught between past and future, as dark forces come into play. Lars Mytting, bestselling author of Norwegian Wood, brings his deep knowledge of history, carpentry, fishing, and stave churches to this compelling historical novel, an international bestseller sold in 12 countries. With its broad-canvas narrative about the intersection of religion, superstition, and duty, The Bell in the Lake is an irresistible story of ancient times and modern challenges, by a powerful international voice.

The Bell in the Lake

An engrossing literary novel about a family mystery, revenge, and forgiveness by the bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and The Bell in the Lake The Sixteen Trees of the Somme is an intricately plotted and enthralling novel by the award-winning author of Norwegian Wood and The Bell in the Lake. An international bestseller and longlisted for the Dublin Literary Prize, it tells the story of Edvard and starts at his family's tree farm in Norway, where he was raised by his grandfather. The death of Edvard's parents when he was three has always been a mystery but he knows that the fate of his grandfather's brother, Einar, is somehow connected. One day a coffin is delivered to the farm for his grandfather, long before the grandfather's death--a meticulous, beautiful, and unique piece of craftsmanship with the hallmarks of a certain master craftsman--raising the thought that Einar isn't dead after all. Edvard is now driven to unravel the mystery of his parents' death. Following a trail of clues from Norway to the Shetland Islands to the battlefields of France and sixteen ancient walnut trees colored by poison gas in World War I, Edvard ultimately discovers a very unusual inheritance. Spanning a century and masterfully navigating themes of revenge and forgiveness, love and loneliness, The Sixteen Trees of the Somme displays the rich talents of Lars Mytting--whose novels have sold over a million copies worldwide--in a story that is utterly compelling and unforgettable.

The Sixteen Trees of the Somme

A family story of epic scale, by the author of NORWEGIAN WOOD and THE BELL IN THE LAKE. "An intricate story about war, family, secrets and,yes, wood ... An engaging, satisfying read" The Times "So cleverly plotted, and it builds up such effortless dramatic momentum as it zeroes in on its conclusion" Scotsman Edvard grows up on a remote mountain farmstead in Norway with his taciturn grandfather, Sverre. The death of his parents, when he was three years old, has always been shrouded in mystery - he has never been told how or where it took place and has only a distant memory of his mother. But he knows that the fate of his grandfather's brother, Einar, is somehow bound up with this mystery. One day a coffin is delivered for his grandfather long before his death - a meticulous, beautiful piece of craftsmanship. Perhaps Einar is not dead after all. Edvard's desperate quest to unlock the family's tragic secrets takes him on a long journey - from Norway to the Shetlands, and to the battlefields of France - to the discovery of a very unusual inheritance. The Sixteen Trees of the Somme is about the love of wood and finding your own self, a beautifully intricate and moving tale that spans an entire century. A TIMES BESTSELLER Mytting's book is as much a romantic historical thriller as it is a book of promise, a page-turner as it is a reflective journey into selfhood, history, life's meaning and individual moral responsibility - Mika Provata-Carlone, Bookanista Translated from the Norwegian by Paul Russell Garrett

roman

Svøm med dem som drukner

Søsterklokkene

En episk roman om et bygdesamfunn og et Norge på vei inn i krig, om slekters gang og angiveri, og en aldrende prest fanget i profetien om sin egen død. En ny generasjon på Hekne har arvet forfedrenes besettelser, og aner at Heknevevens varsler snart vil fullbyrdes, blant dem varselet om Skråpånatta, dommedagsnatten som etter gammel bygdetro skal bli den kjente verdens siste dag

Skråpånatta

The latest Scandinavian publishing phenomenon is not a Stieg Larsson-like thriller; it's a book about chopping, stacking, and burning wood that has sold more than 200,000 copies in Norway and Sweden and has been a fixture on the bestseller lists there for more than a year. Norwegian Wood provides useful advice on the rustic hows and whys of taking care of your heating needs, but it's also a thoughtful attempt to understand man's age-old predilection for stacking wood and passion for open fires. An intriguing window into the exoticism of Scandinavian culture, the book also features enough inherently interesting facts and anecdotes and inspired prose to make it universally appealing. The U.S. edition is a fully updated version of the Norwegian original, and includes an appendix of U.S.-based resources and contacts.

Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way

Norwegian Wood

Deborah Dawkin

A Novel

Reindeer Hunters

Lars Mytting, författaren till succéboken Ved, har skrivit en spännande och underhållande släktkrönika om en föräldralös bondpojke som beger sig ut i världen för att finna sina rötter. Hösten 1971 hittas ett norskt-franskt par döda i Frankrike. Deras tre år gamla son Edvard är spårlöst försvunnen men hittas fyra dagar senare på ett sjukhus tolv mil bort. Var Edvard har befunnit sig under tiden, och om det verkligen var en slump att hans föräldrar klev på en kvarglömd mina från första världskriget, förblir en gåta. Edvard växer upp hos sin fåordige farfar på en potatisgård på norska landsbygden. Och det är när hans farfar dör i början på 90-talet, och det oväntat dyker upp en vackert snidad träkista från en släkting som Edvards tillvaro vänds upp och ner. Han beger sig ut i den stora världen för att finna svar på sitt livs frågor. Sökandet leder honom till Shetlandsöarna och tillbaka till Frankrike, där han tvingas gräva i de mörkaste hörnen av sin familjs historia. En historia som är nära sammanvävd med de stora tragedierna i Europa under 1900-talet. Romanen fick det prestigefulla norska Bokhandlerprisen 2014. Översättare: Lotta Eklund, Omslagsformgivare: Håkan Liljemärker

Simma med de drunknade

Bell in the Lake

"By Norway's bestselling novelist and the author of NORWEGIAN WOOD, a family story of epic scale. Edvard grows up on a remote mountain farmstead in Norway with his taciturn grandfather, Sverre. The death of his parents, when he was three years old, has always been shrouded in mystery - he has never been told how or where it took place and has only a distant memory of his mother. But he knows that the fate of his grandfather's brother, Einar, is somehow bound up with this mystery. One day a coffin is delivered for his grandfather long before his death - a meticulous, beautiful piece of craftsmanship. Perhaps Einar is not dead after all. Edvard's desperate quest to unlock the family's tragic secrets takes him on a long journey - from Norway to the Shetlands, and to the battlefields of France - to the discovery of a very unusual inheritance. The Sixteen Trees of the Somme is about the love of wood and finding your own self, a beautifully intricate and moving tale that spans an entire century." -- Publisher's website.

De man en het hout / druk 1

An engrossing literary novel about a family mystery, revenge, and forgiveness by the bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and The Bell in the Lake The Sixteen Trees of the Somme is an intricately plotted and enthralling novel by the award-winning author of Norwegian Wood and The Bell in the Lake. An international bestseller and longlisted for the Dublin Literary Prize, it tells the story of Edvard and starts at his family’s tree farm in Norway, where he was raised by his grandfather. The death of Edvard’s parents when he was three has always been a mystery but he knows that the fate of his grandfather’s brother, Einar, is somehow connected. One day a coffin is delivered to the farm for his grandfather, long before the grandfather’s death––a meticulous, beautiful, and unique piece of craftsmanship with the hallmarks of a certain master craftsman––raising the thought that Einar isn’t dead after all. Edvard is now driven to unravel the mystery of his parents’ death. Following a trail of clues from Norway to the Shetland Islands to the battlefields of France and sixteen ancient walnut trees colored by poison gas in World War I, Edvard ultimately discovers a very unusual inheritance. Spanning a century and masterfully navigating themes of revenge and forgiveness, love and loneliness, The Sixteen Trees of the Somme displays the rich talents of Lars Mytting––whose novels have sold over a million copies worldwide––in a story that is utterly compelling and unforgettable.

‘De Zusterklokken’ van Lars Mytting gaat over de zelfbewuste, leergierige Astrid Hekne. Zij is anders dan de andere jonge vrouwen in het dorp Butangen en droomt van een leven dat uit meer bestaat dan alleen trouwen, kinderen krijgen, en het land bewerken. In datzelfde jaar komt een jonge dominee naar Butangen. Voor Astrid, die in de pastorie als dienstmeisje werkt, vertegenwoordigt hij de lonkende wijde wereld. Maar algauw wordt het haar duidelijk dat zijn grootse plannen ook de sloop van de eeuwenoude staafkerk van Butangen behelzen. Daarmee zouden de legendarische ‘De Zusterklokken’ verloren gaan. Deze klokken werden ooit geschonken door een rouwende voorvader van Astrid, ter nagedachtenis aan zijn overleden Siamese tweeling, en bezitten volgens de overlevering over bovennatuurlijke krachten. Astrid komt in opstand tegen de afbraak van de kerk – maar haar vastberadenheid om de klokken te redden wankelt als er liefde in het spel is.

De zusterklokken

"Lars Mytting writes with an insight, empathy and integrity few others can match" JO NESBO The Reindeer Hunters is the second in a thrilling historical trilogy that began with The Bell in the Lake. The year is 1903, and twenty-two years have passed since Astrid Hekne died in childbirth. Her son Jehans lives on a modest smallholding up in the hills near Butangen, having withdrawn from his community. He is drawn to freedom, to fishing and reindeer hunting, and one day meets a stranger over the body of a huge reindeer buck. Outside the new church in Butangen, Pastor Kai Schweigaard still cares for Astrid Hekne's grave. The village's overworked priest is tormented by his old betrayal, which led to death and to the separation of two powerful church bells cast in memory of two sisters in Astrid's family. Kai is set on finding an ancient tapestry made by the sisters - the Hekne Weave - in the hope that it will reveal how he can remedy his iniquities. Conceived on an epic scale by Norway's bestselling author, The Reindeer Hunters is a novel about love and bitter rivalries, sorrow and courage, about history and myth, and a country as it enters a new era, about the first electric light and the Great War in Europe, where brother stands against brother. Translated from the Norwegian by Deborah Dawkin

The Sister Bells Trilogy Vol. 2

The Reindeer Hunters

alt om hogging, stabling og tørking - og vedfyringens sjel

Hel ved

Året er 1903, og tjueto år har passert siden sogneprest Kai Schweigaard kom hjem til Butangen med Astrid Heknes nyfødte sønn Jehans på fanget. Foran en velstelt grav utenfor nykirken på Butangen nages han av sitt gamle svik, som førte til dødsfall og til at to mektige kirkeklokker ble skilt fra hverandre. Schweigaard blir besatt av å finne Hekneveven, en eldgammel billedvev som søstrene lagde, i håp om at den skal vise hvordan han kan bøte på sine misgjerninger og føre klokkene sammen igjen

Hekneveven

"Lars Mytting writes with an insight, empathy and integrity few others can match" JO NESBO The Reindeer Hunters is the second in a thrilling historical trilogy that began with The Bell in the Lake. The year is 1903, and twenty-two years have passed since Astrid Hekne died in childbirth. Her son Jehans lives on a modest smallholding up in the hills near Butangen, having withdrawn from his community. He is drawn to freedom, to fishing and reindeer hunting, and one day meets a stranger over the body of a huge reindeer buck. "Mytting weaves a compelling saga of love, both lost and found, and of a country in the midst of change" Sunday Times Outside the new church in Butangen, Pastor Kai Schweigaard still cares for Astrid Hekne's grave. The village's overworked priest is tormented by his old betrayal, which led to death and to the separation of two powerful church bells cast in memory of two sisters in Astrid's family. Kai is set on finding an ancient tapestry made by the sisters - the Hekne Weave - in the hope that it will reveal how he can remedy his iniquities. "A craftily woven tale steeped in rich local dyes" Financial Times Conceived on an epic scale by Norway's bestselling author, The Reindeer Hunters is a novel about love and bitter rivalries, sorrow and courage, about history and myth, and a country as it enters a new era, about the first electric light and the Great War in Europe, where brother stands against brother. Translated from the Norwegian by Deborah Dawkin

The Hekne Tapestry

«El noruego Lars Mytting va camino de convertirse en una estrella internacional, al estilo de su paisano Karl Ove Knausgård.» Matías Néspolo, El Mundo Una novela histórica rompedora sobre cómo el pasado puede influir inesperadamente en el presente. El tañido de las Campanas Gemelas de Butangen atraviesa su pequeño valle desde hace siglos como una atronadora señal de peligro. Estascampanas fueron forjadas según un molde hecho en recuerdo de las siamesas Halfrid y Gunhild Hekne. Todo lo que rodea su misteriosa historia, su sonido y el recuerdo de las hermanas parece cargado de la ominosa predicción de lo que está por venir. Cuando en 1879 se instala en el pueblo un sacerdote recién graduado y a él le sigue el extraño enviado de una universidad alemana, lacual ha adquirido el conjunto de la iglesia, que va a ser desmontada, parece ser que, por fin, ese futuro llega a Butangen. Las Campanas Gemelas es una historia exuberante, casi palpable, sobre cómo las nuevas ideas se enfrentan a la memoria, la tradición y la leyenda y sobre el desgarrador deseo de entregarse a los tiempos modernos. La crítica ha dicho... «El noruego Lars Mytting va camino de convertirse en una estrella internacional, al estilo de su paisano Karl Ove Knausgård.» Matías Néspolo, El Mundo «En esta época en la que la gente está condenada a la soledad o a la compañía mínima de la familia, las únicas personas que no pueden nunca estar solas son los siameses. El libro de Lars Mytting trata de eso. [...] Una novela muy bonita que nos saca de que la idea de que los noruegos hacen solo novelas negras y nos hace entender un poco más de la mentalidad de este país.» Benjamín Prado, La ventana (Cadena Ser) «Una historia exuberante,casi palpable, sobre cómo las nuevas ideas se enfrentan a la memoria, la tradición y la leyenda.» Diari Més «Mytting despliega el estilo slow que llevó a su máxima expresión en El libro de la madera y lo aplica en cada rendija de madera, en cada copo de nieve. [...] Las campanas repican dentro de nuestras cabezas: un trabajo de escritura tan artesanal como la de los hombres que construyeron la iglesia de Butangen solo con madera y unas pocas mazas bastas, martillos y hachas chapuceras pero que, aun así, supieron embellecerla con preciosos detalles. Mytting construye un edificio literario tan perfecto como la stavkirke y tan mágico como las campanas gemelas.» Marta Planes, Llegir en cas d'incenci «Nos habla sobre unas campanas hermanas hechas de plata, pero uno bien podríapensar que de nuevo el material con el que Lars Mytting ha estado trabajando en su nueva novela es el oro.» Arne Hugo Stølan, VG «Lírica, melancólica y con personajes bellamente dibujados, esta novela enfrenta viejas creencias y nuevos métodos con una delicadeza inquietante. Su tañido suena auténtico.» Eithne Farry, Daily Mail «Amor, suspense, naturaleza y superstición se funden en esta poderosa novela, cuya trama tiene lugar en un entorno espectacular donde todo puede suceder. Una muestra de algo profundo y legítimamente noruego.» Maja Lunde «Una novela inmensamente bien concebida sobre la locura humana y el ingenio y la valentía femenina.» Maria Sjöqvist, Kristeligt Dagblad «Mytting cuenta una historia de poder arcaico y nos involucra de una forma tan intensa en este extraño mundo que comienzas a creer que ves los travesaños tallados.» Meike Schnitzler, Brigitte

Las Campanas Gemelas

L'acclamato romanzo di un autore da oltre un milione di copie nel mondo. Norvegia, 1879. Nel piccolo villaggio di Butangen sorge una chiesa dalla bellezza austera e sublime. È un'antica stavkirke, interamente costruita in legno e intrisa di memoria, di leggende e di magia. È qui - tra i banchi spolverati di neve e un freddo capace di gelare il midollo - che un tempo si poteva ammirare l'ultimo arazzo tessuto dalle dita instancabili di Halfrid e Gunhild Hekne, gemelle siamesi unite "per la pelle" dalla vita in giù. Ed è sempre qui che le campane realizzate dal padre in loro onore rintoccano da sé, misteriosamente, ogni volta che una minaccia incombe sulla valle... Fino al giorno in cui il nuovo pastore decide di disfarsene nel nome del progresso e delle proprie ambizioni. Ma il reverendo non ha fatto i conti con Astrid Hekne, indomita discendente di Halfrid e Gunhild, disposta a tutto, anche all'inganno, pur di difendere le "sue" campane e sfuggire a un futuro che sembra già scritto. Mirabolante intreccio di storie, epoche e destini, La campana in fondo al lago è il nuovo, celebrato romanzo di uno degli scrittori scandinavi più amati e talentuosi. Un omaggio vibrante allo "stupore dei tempi andati" e al fascino di una terra aspra e bellissima. «Un intreccio multicolore di storie e destini. [...] Un romanzo che trabocca di fascino, intelligenza e antica sapienza.» - Marta Norheim, NRK «Stupefacente» - Stein Roll, Adresseavisen «La campana in fondo al lago conquista grazie alla potenza dello stile narrativo» - Marius Wulfsberg, Dagbladet «Il romanzo ruota attorno a due campane d'argento, ma scintilla come oro purissimo. Lars Mytting agguanta il lettore dalla prima frase e lo tiene avvinto fino all'ultima pagina» - Arne Hugo Stølan, VG

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