Tarjei Vesaas (Author of The Ice Palace)

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Tarjei Vesaas

Born

in Vinje, Norway

August 20, 1897

Died

March 15, 1970

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Tarjei Vesaas was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Written in Nynorsk, his work is characterized by simple, terse, and symbolic prose. His stories often cover simple rural people that undergo a severe psychological drama and who according to critics are described with immense psychological insight. Commonly dealing with themes such as death, guilt, angst, and other deep and intractable human emotions, the Norwegian natural landscape is a prevalent feature in his works. His debut was in 1923 with Children of Humans (Menneskebonn), but he had his breakthrough in 1934 with The Great Cycle (Det store spelet). His mastery of the nynorsk language, landsm氓l (see Norwegian language), has contributed to its acceptance as a medium of world class litera ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 22,832 ratings · 2,935 reviews · 89 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	The Ice Palace 3.85 avg rating — 13,429 ratings — published 1963 — 108 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas, Michael Barnes (Translation), Torbjorn Stoverud (Translation) 4.14 avg rating — 6,731 ratings — published 1957 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kimen 3.88 avg rating — 588 ratings — published 1940 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spring Night by Tarjei Vesaas, Kenneth G. Chapman (Translation) 3.61 avg rating — 352 ratings — published 1954 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boat in the Evening by Tarjei Vesaas, Elizabeth Rokkan (Translation) 3.75 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 1968 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bridges by Tarjei Vesaas, Elizabeth Rokkan (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 1966 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House in the Dark 4.02 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1945 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wiosenna noc / Zamek z lodu by Tarjei Vesaas, Maria Go艂臋biewska-Bijak (Translator) 3.42 avg rating — 132 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Det store spelet 4.24 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1934 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vindane by Tarjei Vesaas, Trond Botnen (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1952 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Tarjei Vesaas (?)

“What you want most you push away from you.
You want more than you care to admit.”
― Tarjei Vesaas, The Bridges

tags: relationships

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“Almost nothing need be said when you have eyes.”
― Tarjei Vesaas, The Boat in the Evening

tags: eyes, looking, seeing, speaking, talking

209 likes

“Bewilderment increases in the presence of the mirrors.”
― Tarjei Vesaas, The Boat in the Evening

tags: bewilderment, confusion, mirrors, reflection

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Welk boek gaan we in december 2020 lezen? (Een Kerst-Winterverhaal)

Een kerstvertelling van Charles Dickens - 124 pagina's

28 votes, 22.8%

Narnia: De leeuw, de Heks en de kleerkast van C.S. Lewis - 157 pagina's

25 votes, 20.3%

Kerst met Poirot van Agatha Christie - 159 pagina's

14 votes, 11.4%

De Beer en de Nachtegaal van Katherine Arden - 352 pagina's

13 votes, 10.6%

De winter voorbij van Isabel Allende - 336 pagina's

8 votes, 6.5%

Twaalf Dagen voor Kerst van Jenny Bayliss - 448 pagina's

7 votes, 5.7%

De wintertuin van Kristin Hannah - 432 pagina's

6 votes, 4.9%

Een dag in december van Josie Silver - 368 pagina's

6 votes, 4.9%

Het ijspaleis van Tarjei Vesaas - 176 pagina's

5 votes, 4.1%

Dit jaar zal het anders zijn van Maeve Binchy - 143 pagina's

4 votes, 3.3%

Kerstmis in het Duincaf茅 van Debbie Johnson - 224 pagina's

3 votes, 2.4%

Een jongen met de naam Kerstmis van Matt Haig - 256 pagina's

3 votes, 2.4%

Voor jou van Cecelia Ahern - 254 pagina's

1 vote, 0.8%

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