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The burnt-out town of miracles
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The burnt-out town of miracles

Author: Roy Jacobsen
Publisher: London : John Murray, 2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Based on a true historical event, comes this psychologically gripping tale, full of heart and humanity, about one man who stands against the system. A man who, by his unusual wits, survives a winter  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Historical fiction
Fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Roy Jacobsen
ISBN: 9780719520921 0719520924
OCLC Number: 166626384
Language Note: Translated from the Norwegian.
Awards: Shortlisted for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2009.
Description: 200 p. ; 21 cm.
Other Titles: Hoggerne.
Responsibility: Roy Jacobsen ; translated by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw.

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'Wonderful novella...he captures the intense cold beautifully' -- Daily Telegraph 'A compact and compelling novel by an iconic Norwegian writer...[and] thanks to Don Bartlett and Don Shaw's crisp Read more...

 
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