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1945 novel by Tarjei Vesaas

First UK edition
(publ. Peter Owen, 1976)

The House in the Dark (Nynorsk: Huset i mørkret) is a 1945 novel by the Norwegian writer Tarjei Vesaas. It tells the story of a frightening, darkened house, to which men are trying to dig tunnels, but are routinely captured and taken away in a truck. The novel was written during the last winter of World War II and is an allegory for the German occupation of Norway. An English translation by Elizabeth Rokkan was published in 1976.

The book was awarded the Melsom Prize.

References

  1. Ebdrup, Niels (2011-08-20). "Derfor er huse uhyggelige". Videnskab.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  2. The house in the dark. OCLC 2493737. Retrieved 2016-02-20 – via WorldCat.
  3. "Pris- og stipendvinnarar". Jubileumskalender 1993: Det norske samlaget 1868-1993 (in Norwegian). Det Norske Samlaget. 1993. pp. 40–42.

Further reading

  • Nordmo, Unn (1969). Huset i mørkret av Tarjei Vesaas : en litterær analyse (in Norwegian). Oslo: U. Nordmo.

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