The Family at Gilje

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Jonas Lie

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Paperback / softback

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Captain Jager is the well-meaning but temperamental head of a rural family living in straitened circumstances in 1840s Norway. The novel focuses on the fates of the women of the family: the heroic Ma, who struggles unremittingly to keep up appearances and make ends meet, and their eldest daughter Thinka, forced to renounce the love of her life and marry an older and wealthier suitor. Then there is the younger daughter, the talented and beautiful Inger-Johanna, destined to make a splendid match - but will the captain with the brilliant diplomatic career ahead of him make her happy? With great empathy and affection for each member of the family Lie evokes the tragedy of hopes dashed by the harsh social and economic realities of the day, and the influence of one person who dares to think differently. Both in the landscape and in the characters the wildness of nature is played out against the constraints of culture.

Release date Australia

April 23rd, 2012

Author

Jonas Lie

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributors

Introduction by Marie Wells
Translated by Marie Wells

Illustrations

1, black & white illustrations

Pages

210

Dimensions

129x198x11

ISBN-13

9781870041942

Product ID

19885863

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