The bell in the lake
Mytting, Lars, 1968-2020
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Norway, 1880. Winter is hard in Butangen, a village secluded at the end of a valley. The lake has frozen, and for months the ground is too hard to bury the dead. Astrid Hekne dreams of a life beyond all this, beyond marriage, children, and working the land to the end of her days. Then Pastor Kai Schweigaard takes over the small parish, with its 700-year-old stave church carved with pagan deities. The two bells in the tower were forged by Astrid's forefather in the 16th century, in memory of conjoined twins Halfrid and Gunhild Hekne. They are said to hold supernatural powers. The villagers are wary of the pastor and his resolve to do away with their centuries-old traditions, though Astrid also finds herself drawn to him. And then a stranger arrives from Dresden, with grand plans for the church itself. For headstrong Astrid this may be a provocation too far.
Main title:
The bell in the lake / Lars Mytting ; translated from the Norwegian by Deborah Dawkin.
Author:
Mytting, Lars, 1968-, authorDawkin, Deborah, translator
Imprint:
London : MacLehose Press, 2020.
Collation:
391 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780857059390 (pbk)
Dewey class:
839.8238
Language:
EnglishNorwegian
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BRN:
517097
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