Listing only books in Norwegian...
Full title | Barna fra Sukhavati [permalink] |
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Translated title | The Children from Sukhavati |
Language | Norwegian |
Author | Jostein Gaarder (author) |
Publisher | Aschehoug |
Categories | Fantasy and novel |
Publication year | 1998 |
ISBN | 82-03-24238-3 [Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's] |
Pages | 143 |
Full title | Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson: Dikt i utvalg [permalink] |
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Translated title | Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson: Selected Poems |
Language | Norwegian |
Authors | Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (author), Olav Christopher Jenssen (illustrator) and Knut Ødegård (foreword) |
Publisher | Den Norske Bokklubben |
Categories | Anthology and poetry |
Publication year | 1979 |
ISBN | 82-525-0295-4 [Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's] |
Pages | 124 |
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Full title | De dødes tjern [permalink] |
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Translated title | Lake of the Dead |
Language | Norwegian |
Author | André Bjerke (author) |
Publisher | Aschehoug |
Categories | Crime and novel |
Publication year | 2008 |
Original publication year | 1942 |
ISBN | 978-82-03-18497-0 [Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's] |
Pages | 191 |
Synopsis | A group of people (including the author's alter ego, crime author Bernhard Borge) travel into the woods to explore the mystery around the eponymous Lake of the Dead. |
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Full title | Døde menn går i land [permalink] |
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Translated title | Dead Men Walk Ashore |
Language | Norwegian |
Author | André Bjerke (author) |
Publisher | Aschehoug |
Categories | Crime and novel |
Publication year | 2008 |
Original publication year | 1947 |
ISBN | 978-82-03-19323-1 [Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's] |
Pages | 272 |
Synopsis | A business man decides to re-purpose an old house on the southern coast of Norway to a summer hotel. There's a superstition among the locals that the house is haunted, and a gang of friends travel down to stay there. Scary things ensue... |
Review | I don't normally read crime novels, but André Bjerke is really good at setting the mood, and he writes with wonderful wit, humor, and knowledge. (For instance, there's an Omar Khayyam poem in it!) A riveting read, and definitely recommended. |
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Full title | Fremtiden [permalink] |
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Translated title | The Future |
Language | Norwegian |
Author | Eirik Newth (author) |
Category | Science |
Publication year | 1999 |
Pages | 254 |
Synopsis | This is a book about the immediate human future; its perils, its hopes, its possible solutions, its possible unfoldings. |
Review | Like Asimov's Counting the Eons, this is an excellent book about the future of the world, but unlike Counting the Eons, the meat of Fremtiden limits itself to only a few millennia into the future; the beginning and ultimate fate of the Universe are discussed, but with far less detail than Counting the Eons and with far more emphasis put on the future of the human species and how it can survive (or become extinct). Especially eerie, I think, is the chapter discussing space lifts to geostationary space stations 36 000 kilometers above the Earth's surface. Reading about that gave me the same fuzzy feelings as seeing the space walk between the spaceships Alexei Leonov and the Discovery over Jupiter in 2010: The Year We Made Contact did. I mean, just imagine that! The book unfortunately contains a lot of typos, but I actually forgive him for that; the book is too interesting to dismiss on that ground. |
Full title | Fyrsten [permalink] |
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Original title | Il Principe |
Translated title | The Prince |
Language | Norwegian |
Authors | Niccolò Machiavelli (author) and Trond Berg Eriksen (translator) |
Publisher | Kagge Forlag |
Categories | Classic and warfare |
Publication year | 2007 |
Original publication year | 1532 |
ISBN | 978-82-489-0659-9 [Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's] |
Online version | Link |
Pages | 150 |
Synopsis | The Prince is the book which made the term "Machiavellian" enter language as meaning someone willing to ignore morality in favor of keeping power. The book is divided into many chapters, each dealing with a different aspect of keeping a prince in power. |
Review | As I'm not a prince nor a real student of history, it didn't really speak to me, but it was an interesting read if only for the historical perspective. |
Full title | Godt nok for de svina: en leders tanker om mot, sårbarhet og troverdighet [permalink] |
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Translated title | Good Enough for the 'Bastards': Courage - Vulnerability - Credibility. Confessions of a Female Leader |
Language | Norwegian |
Author | Anita Krohn Traaseth (author) |
Publisher | Cappelen Damm |
Category | Autobiography |
Publication year | 2016 |
Original publication year | 2014 |
ISBN | 978-82-02-48024-0 [Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's] |
Pages | 180 |
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Full title | Kilden [permalink] |
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Alternative title | Brevet om fiskeren Markus |
Translated title | The Source; or, The Letter Concerning Mark the Fisherman |
Language | Norwegian |
Author | Gabriel Scott (author) |
Publisher | Aschehoug |
Category | Novel |
Publication year | 2009 |
Original publication year | 1918 |
ISBN | 978-82-03-19498-6 [Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's] |
Pages | 166 |
Synopsis | Follows the life of a simple fisherman named Mark, interspersed with his thoughts and commentaries. |
Review | Even though the story is simple, it's very gripping. Gabriel Scott has a very engaging way of writing, and is especially good at describing situations. |
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Full title | Livingstone: Oppdageren — Forskeren — Misjonæren [permalink] |
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Original title | Livingstone, Trail Blazer for God |
Language | Norwegian |
Authors | Leslie Morrill (author) and Madge Morrill (author) |
Category | Biography |
Publication year | 1972 |
Original publication year | 1959 |
ISBN | 82-7007-004-1 [Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's] |
Pages | 224 |
Synopsis | A biography of David Livingstone, written as part novel, part history. |
Review | The book gives a good account of the life of Livingstone, from his early years in Scotland to his arrival in Cape Town, South Africa, and his subsequent journey across Africa. However, the book I read is a Norwegian translation of the original, and it's evident that the translator made a poor job of it (never mind the simple spelling errors; if you're bilingual like me and read this book, you'll see that a lot of passages look like direct translations, instead of having been adapted to the language). The most damning part of the translation job is the way "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" is rendered. The accepted translation to Norwegian is "Dr. Livingstone, formoder jeg?". This book renders it "Dr. Livingstone, hvis jeg ikke tar feil?" which means "Dr. Livingstone, if I'm not mistaken?" I might get my hands on the original English version, but until then, the only point on which I can recommend the book is that it's a nice, concise history of the man's life. |
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Full title | Naiv. Super. [permalink] |
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Language | Norwegian |
Author | Erlend Loe (author) |
Category | Novel |
Publication year | 1996 |
Pages | 243 |
Synopsis | This book tells the story of a man in his mid-twenties who suddenly feels that nothing in his life matters and describes the things he does to combat this feeling. |
Full title | Nattmennesket [permalink] |
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Translated title | The Night Person |
Language | Norwegian |
Author | André Bjerke (author) |
Publisher | Aschehoug |
Categories | Crime and novel |
Publication year | 2009 |
Original publication year | 1941 |
ISBN | 978-82-03-19479-5 [Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's] |
Pages | 181 |
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Full title | Tilslørt. Avslørt: Et oppgjør med norsk naivisme [permalink] |
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Translated title | Veiled. Revealed: A Settlement with Norwegian Naiveté |
Language | Norwegian |
Authors | Hege Storhaug (author) and Solveig Lid Ball (illustrator) |
Publisher | Kagge Forlag |
Categories | Politics and religion |
Publication year | 2007 |
ISBN | 978-82-489-0740-4 [Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's] |
Pages | 178 |
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