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Handlingen i denne kritikerroste romanen foregår på 1500-tallet, og følger far og datter på en hvileløs flukt gjennom Europa på inkvisisjonens tid. Isak er en av dem som tør sette spørsmålstegn ved vedtatte sannheter. Men veien fra den frie tanke til anklager om kjetteri er kort. Juana må leve forkledd som gutt, samtidig som faren forsøker å finne et fristed i Amsterdam. Men hvor lenge kan Juana skjule at hun er i ferd med å bli kvinne? Hvordan unngå at katastrofen rammer både henne og faren?
232 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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Bergljot Hobæk Haff
18 books7 followersBergljot Hobæk Haff was a Norwegian novel writer. Upon completing her education, she traveled to Denmark, and taught there for 24 years before returning to Oslo. She made her debut with the novel Raset in 1956. Her books are translated into languages as English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Swedish and Lithuanian.
Bergljot Hobæk Haff was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1962 for Bålet (Fire), and both the Brage Prize and the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1996 for Skammen (Shame). She received the Dobloug Prize in 1985, the Norwegian Academy Prize in 1988 and the Aschehoug Prize in 1989. She aslo was awarded the Brage Prize in 1996 for Skammen, the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1996, for Skammen and the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1996. She has been nominated twice for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize, once for Den guddommelige tragedie and again for Renhetens pris.
Bergljot Hobæk Haff was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1962 for Bålet (Fire), and both the Brage Prize and the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1996 for Skammen (Shame). She received the Dobloug Prize in 1985, the Norwegian Academy Prize in 1988 and the Aschehoug Prize in 1989. She aslo was awarded the Brage Prize in 1996 for Skammen, the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1996, for Skammen and the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1996. She has been nominated twice for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize, once for Den guddommelige tragedie and again for Renhetens pris.
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May 12, 2024
Middelalder. Italia. Munker. GOD historie.
January 26, 2026
Interesting story about a man and the times he lives in, the Renaissance, a period where knowledge, new sciences and a quest for the truth and religious questions seem to rule western societies.
The main character represents all this, as well as his own Jewish heritage. His young daughter is supposed to take over this quest but she finally opposes this predestination.
The form reminds me of a fable and I kept thinking about Maalouf’s Leo the African, also a man of his times. I also thought about L’œuvre au noir ( The abyss) by Margueritte Yourcenar where Zeno is the perfect Renaissance scholar tormented by his own quest.
I did not give it the best of ratings because of its end. Many things happen very rapidly then without making much sense from a psychological point of view but perhaps a fable does not have to comply to such rules.
The main character represents all this, as well as his own Jewish heritage. His young daughter is supposed to take over this quest but she finally opposes this predestination.
The form reminds me of a fable and I kept thinking about Maalouf’s Leo the African, also a man of his times. I also thought about L’œuvre au noir ( The abyss) by Margueritte Yourcenar where Zeno is the perfect Renaissance scholar tormented by his own quest.
I did not give it the best of ratings because of its end. Many things happen very rapidly then without making much sense from a psychological point of view but perhaps a fable does not have to comply to such rules.
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