Mystery of What Befell in the Ditch

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

Deep in the Norwegian wilderness, Tomas Olsen Myrbråten is a man at war with the modern world. After a bureaucratic cultural assignment spirals into a public scandal and his desperate flight, Tomas attempts to shed civilisation to become a ‘man of the forest’. Long acclaimed in Norway, but considered untranslatable, Thure Erik Lund is now available in English for the first time in David M. Smith's radically brilliant translation. The Mystery of What Befell in the Ditch is a profound, hallucinatory exploration of language and isolation, particularly about how we make a language our own, how we distinguish our own thoughts from those that have been fed into us. This cornerstone of contemporary Norwegian literature is an exhilarating journey into the dark heart of the life of the mind.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-10-20
Mått:129 x 198 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:And Other Stories
ISBN:9781916751712
Översättare:David M. Smith, David M Smith

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Thure Erik Lund (b. 1959) is one of Norway’s most innovative and highly acclaimed authors. He made his debut with Tanger in 1992, for which he was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas’ Debutant Prize. He has since published eight more novels and two collections of essays, which has earned him the Norwegian Critic’s Award, The Scandinavian Award for best contemporary novel, and The Natt og Dag Book of the Year Award. He is based in Oslo.David M. Smith is a graduate of the Literary Translation MFA program at the University of Iowa. His translations from the Norwegian include titles by Johan Harstad, Leif Høghaug, Thure Erik Lund, and Tarjei Vesaas. He is currently based in Wisconsin.

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‘For me, Thure Erik Lund is the greatest Norwegian contemporary writer. He is so innovative, his prose is so alive, he is the most vital writer I know.’ Karl Ove Knausgård, Vagant