Biography books from Norway
Recommended biography books (5)
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If you are into biography here are some biography books from Norway for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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El librero de Kabul by Åsne Seierstad ES
Description:
El librero de Kabul es una novela escrita por la autora noruega Åsne Seierstad en 2002. El libro describe la vida de un librero que vive en Kabul y cómo va cambiando su vida a lo largo de las diferentes épocas que vive la capital afgana: la época de Zahir Shah, la intervención soviética, el régimen talibán y la ocupación tras la guerra.
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Kon-Tiki : Across the Pacific by Raft by Thor Heyerdahl EN
Description:
The story of the Pacific journey by six men on a raft in search of the path taken by Kon-Tiki, a white voyager, 1500 years before. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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Mi lucha 1. La muerte del padre by Karl Ove Knausgård ES
Description:
Having left his first wife, Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to Stockholm, Sweden, where he leads a solitary existence. He strikes up a deep friendship with another exiled Norwegian, a Nietzschean intellectual and boxing fanatic named Geir. He also tracks down Linda, whom he met at a writers' workshop a few years earlier and who fascinated him deeply.
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My Men : A Novel by Victoria Kielland EN
Description:
"My Men is a stylistic tour de force . . . It reads like an expressionist prose-poem penned by a stark-minded zealot . . . Kielland is clearly a gifted writer, and My Men is an impressively realized creation." —Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal "This fascinating, off-kilter novel about a female serial killer is an unexpectedly thrilling read.” —Karl Ove Knausgård, author of My Struggle and The Morning Star "Kielland’s dense, lyrical novel offers both insight and opacity . . . Despite the subject matter, this novel is not your typical thriller. The language, in Searls’ translation, is dense, p... continue
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The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad EN
Description:
In spring 2002 award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad spent four months living with the bookseller and his family. As Seierstad steps back from the page and lets the Khans tell their stories, we learn of proposals and marriages, hope and fear, crime and punishment. The result is a unique portrait of a family and a country.