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“jan kjaerstad”

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  • The Discoverer

    by Jan Kjaerstad ...
    Translated by Barbara J. Haveland ...
    The third volume of Jan Kjaerstad's award-winning trilogy finds Jonas aboard the Voyager, a small boat exploring the reaches of the great Sognefjord in Western Norway. Also on board, four young people engaged in a multi-media project to chart all aspects of the fjord - its geography, people, and history. But, like the space probe the boat is named for, Jonas' personal journey of discovery reaches ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Seducer

    by Jan Kjaerstad ...
    In this "enormously accomplished and compelling novel," a man crisscrosses Scandinavia to solve the mystery of his wife's death—and of his own life (Paul Auster, bestselling author of 4 3 2 1).Jonas Wergeland, a famous TV documentary producer with an almost magical knack for infidelity, returns one evening from the World's Fair in Seville to find his wife dead on the living room floor. What ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Seducer

    by Jan Kjaerstad ...
    Translated by Barbara Haveland ...
    Jonas Wergeland is a successful TV documentary producer and something of God's gift to women. But one day he returns from the world's fair in Seville to discover his wife dead on the living room floor. What follows is not only a quest to find the killer but also a whimsical look at just how Jonas came to this particular juncture. Following the twists and turns of his life up to an unforgettable, ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Conqueror

    by Barbara Haveland, Jan Kjaerstad ...
    Translated by Barbara Haveland ...
    Jonas Wergeland has been convicted of the murder of his wife Margrete. What brought Norway's darling to this end? A professor has been set the task of writing a biography of the once celebrated, now notorious, television personality; in doing so he hopes to solve the riddle of Jonas Wergeland's success and downfall. But the sheer volume of material on his subject is so daunting that the professor ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • Exile and the Kingdom

    by Albert Camus ...
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  • Lawrence Durrell

    A Biography

    by Ian S. MacNiven ...
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  • White Sands

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    by Geoff Dyer ...
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  • BBC National Short Story Award 2016

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  • The Ballet Shoes

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    by Hannah Frank ...
    This story begins with Charlotte and anordinary shoe shop on a narrow London street. It'sa shoe shop everyonehas walked pastathousand times before, including Charlotte, an ordinary little girl who likes to stop to look at the ballet shoes in thewindow.Charlotte's biggest dream in the world is to learn balletbut without a ballet lesson to her name, nor a pair of ballet shoes to dance in, her dream ... Read more

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