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True and Untrue and Other Norse Tales
Sigrid Undset (Ed.)
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Description for True and Untrue and Other Norse Tales
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Chapman, Frederick T. Editor(s): Undset, Sigrid. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
A selection of Norwegian folktales chosen by Sigrid Undset, True and Untrue and Other Norse Tales is based on the classic folklore collected by Pieter Christian Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. These wonderful stories tell of worlds similar to our own, worlds with love and hate, sorrow and joy, humor and pathos. Beginning with brothers named True and Untrue, the book takes readers through tales of princes and princesses, giants and trolls, husbands and wives, and a castle that is “East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon.” Strikingly illustrated by Frederick T. Chapman while under fire in Italy ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816678280
SKU
V9780816678280
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Ref
99-1
About Sigrid Undset (Ed.)
Sigrid Undset (1882–1949) was a prolific Norwegian writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928, and is one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. From 1940 to 1945, she lived in the United States in exile because of the German occupation of Norway. She is best known for her epic medieval trilogy, Kristin Lavransdatter.
Reviews for True and Untrue and Other Norse Tales
"Delightful. The old Norse magic of trolls . . . is here, a native magic. . . . There is an interesting male counterpart of Cinderella in the Ashlad and other creations American children will be charmed to meet." —Eudora Welty, New York Times "Children will love this book. Its foreword should make it a ‘must’ book in any courses ... Read more