The Birds

The best Norwegian novel ever'' Karl Ove Knausgaardbr>br>Mattis doesn''t understand much about the world. He doesn''t understand why others call him simple. Or why his sister Hege, who has cared for him in their peaceful lakeside cottage since they were young, gets so frustrated. But he knows that the woodcock which starts to fly over their house every day is a sign something is about to change. And when Hege falls in love, disrupting their familiar existence and unbalancing his thoughts, he decides he must face his fate.br>br>Translated by Torbjørn Støverud and Michael Barnes br>br>''A masterpiece'' Literary Reviewbr>br>''Mattis, absurd and boastful, but also sweet, pathetic and even funny, is shown with great insight'' Sunday Times>

Product details

• Authors: Tarjei Vesaas
• Assisted by: Michael Barnes (Translation), Torbjorn Stoverud (Translation), Stoverud Torbjorn (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780241384879
• ISBN: 978-0-241-38487-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 11 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Literary, Fiction in translation