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Showing 1 - 12 of 33 results for “kari dickson”
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  • Fanny and the Mystery in the Grieving Forest

    by Rune Christiansen ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    Series series Literature in Translation Series
    Finalist for Norway's Brage PrizeFanny, a 17-year-old high school senior, has lost both her parents in a car accident. Granted permission to live independently in the family home located on the outskirts of a small Norwegian town, the days pass by as she performs her daily routine: going to school, maintaining the house, chopping and stacking wood, and keeping the weeds at bay. As Fanny grieves ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Because Venus Crossed an Alpine Violet on the Day that I Was Born

    by Mona Høvring ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson, Rachel Rankin ...
    Series series Literature in Translation Series
    Winner of Norway's Dobloug PrizeWinner of the Norwegian Critics' Prize for LiteratureFinalist for the Norwegian Booksellers' PrizeIn a hotel, high up in a mountain village, two sisters aim to reconnect after distant years that contrast their close, almost twin-like upbringing. Martha has just been discharged from a sanatorium after a mental breakdown. Ella agrees to keep her company in the hope ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman's Life

    by Rune Christiansen ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    Series series Literature in Translation Series
    Winner of Norway's Brage PrizeHaving grown up as an only child in Northern Sweden, Lydia is used to isolation and being on her own. She fills her days with her love of animals, nature, and hard work. She eventually settles into a career as a vet in rural Norway and embraces the rhythms of country life. In a series of poetic sketches, Lydia tends to the animals in her community, spends time with ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Present Tense Machine

    A Novel

    by Gunnhild Øyehaug ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    "An ingenious pocket universe." —Caitlin Horrocks, The New York Times Book Review"Gunnhild Øyehaug is a magician of the highest rank."—Catherine LaceyOn an ordinary day in Bergen, Norway, in the late 1990s, Anna is reading in the garden while her two-year-old daughter, Laura, plays on her tricycle. Then, in one startling moment, Anna misreads a word, an alternate universe opens up, and Laura ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • High

    A Journey Across the Himalayas Through Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal and China

    by Erika Fatland ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    ***Shortlisted for the 2023 STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR******A Financial Times Travel Book of the Year 2022***"Enchanting" Independent"Fatland distinguishes herself from the stereotypes" Guardian"Fatland is a sensitive and insightful chronicler of quotidian lives and a compelling narrator" Observer"Erika Fatland ascend... ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Mannequin Murder

    A Novel

    by Ingvild Schade ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    Meet Karsten—a little Holden Caulfield, a little Patrick Bateman—in this delirious, darkly comic stream of consciousness from one of Norway’s great literary talents, thrillingly translated by Kari Dickson.For your average fourteen-year-old, it would be a normal, middle-class life: father’s a doctor, mother’s an English teacher, a baby sister toddles aimlessly around the house in sagging diapers ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Border - A Journey Around Russia

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020

    by Erika Fatland ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    A journey along the seemingly endless Russian border - from North Korea in the Far East through Russia's bordering states in Asia and the Caucasus, crossing the Caspian Ocean and the Black Sea along the way."Erika Fatland [is] shaping up to be one of the Nordics' most exciting new travel writers" National Geographic**SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORDS DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020**"A hauntingly ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Sovietistan

    A Journey Through Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan

    by Erika Fatland ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    "A mesmerising trip across Central Asia . . . A fascinating travelogue" Financial TimesSHORTLISTED FOR EDWARD STANFORD/LONELY PLANET DEBUT TRAVEL WRITER OF THE YEAR 2020Erika Fatland takes the reader on a journey that is unknown to even the most seasoned globetrotter. The five former Soviet Republics' Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan all became independent when the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • After the North Pole

    A Story of Survival, Mythmaking, and Melting Ice

    by Erling Kagge ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    "A dazzling book — soulful, awe-inspiring, and deeply thought-provoking. Erling Kagge takes readers on a journey they’ll never forget." — Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of King: A Life"After the North Pole is a thrilling, insightful, and magical journey with something to interest readers of all stripes." — Shelf AwarenessFrom acclaimed Norwegian explorer, philosopher, and writer ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Swimwing

    by Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold ...
    Illustrated by Mari Kanstad Johnsen ...
    From the Norwegian creators of the award-winning Bedtime for Bo, this story illuminates the possibilities that can unfurl when we spread our wings, dive into new waters, and trust in our own capabilitiesElla, a small penguin on summer vacation, only has her eyes set on the wonders of the sky––how she wishes she could fly! The ocean, on the other hand, an endless abyss of the unknown, scares her. ... Read more

    $18.79 CAD

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  • Beyond The Great Indoors

    by Ingvar Ambjornsen ...
    Translated by Don Bartlett, Kari Dickson ...
    Elling has a wildly overactive imagination and has been molly-coddled by his mother all his life, so when she dies he is left completely incapable of taking care of himself. After a stint in the very helpful Broynes Rehabilitation Centre, Elling returns to Oslo with his room-mate Kjell Bjarne in tow. Together the odd couple embark on a free-spirited new life.On a quest to live like normal average ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Case of the Caprice of Lost Time

    by Rune Christiansen ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    Series series Literature in Translation Series
    From award–winning Norwegian author Rune Christiansen comes an absorbing and exquisite story about one woman's search for independence and a sense of belonging, and the unearthing of family secrets.Two months following her mother's death, Norma travels alone to visit her father, Torsten, with whom she has had a strained relationship since her parents divorced. Recently separated herself, Norma is ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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