Mødet ved milepælen

by Sigurd Hoel

Hardcover, 1969

Status

Available

Call number

839.82

Publication

[Kbh.] : Gyldendal, (1969) :

Description

In this moving and profound novel, Sigurd Hoel explores belief and traitorism through the major character's memories of the underground during World War II in Norway. At the dark center of this work are questions of why certain individuals turn against their own country, their own values, and their own "selves" so to speak. But in this weaving of fact and fiction, the faithful and the traitors are not necessarily easily distinguishable. A wonderful tale of adventure and a country's fate bythe author of The Road to the World's End (Sun & Moon Press) and The Troll Circle. Sigurd Hoel was for years an editor of the great Norwegian publishing house Gyldendal. He died in 1960.

User reviews

LibraryThing member TheoClarke
A first person narrative of resistance against German occupiers of Norway. The narrator recalls his childhood with a boy who has become a Nazi sympathiser. As he attempts to understand the nature of loyalty and the incentives to betray one's country, he becomes the lover of a neighbour who herself
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is linked ton the occupiers. This is a psychological journey as the narrator interacts with the resistance members whom he hides, the traitorous woman whom he loves and the memory of his lost friend. The characters are complex and Hoel's simple language (which was ideal for me as a new reader of Norwegian) contrasted powerfully with these difficulties. It could be that it was my developing fluency that made the book more enjoyable towards the end but I think that it does gather pace and I imagine that even in English I would have liked more about the narrator's adult life at the expense of the details of his youth.
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Language

Original language

Norwegian (Bokmål)

Physical description

289 p.; 20.6 cm

Local notes

Omslag: Jacob Lund
Omslaget viser nogle røde streger foran en baggrund af sort og lysegråt
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra norsk "Möte ved milepelen" af Ellen Siersted

Other editions

Pages

289

Rating

(14 ratings; 4)

DDC/MDS

839.82
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