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Inside the gate : Sigrid Undset's life at Bjerkebæk /

"Inside the Gate offers readers a rare glimpse into Sigrid Undset's life at her home, Bjerkebæk now a museum and national landmark in Lillehammer, Norway. Drawing on a wealth of historical documents, Nan Bentzen Skille's lively narrative presents an intimate portrait of the Nobel Priz...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Skille, Nan Bentzen (Author)
Other Authors: Nunnally, Tiina, 1952- (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Norwegian
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2018.
Edition:First University of Minnesota Press edition.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Lillehammer Station-Disembark on the right; Sigrid Undset makes herself a home; With an office in "Norway's most beautiful home"; The "guesthouse" that became the "priest's house"; The garden-"the third loveliest" in the world; The children at Bjerkebæk; Mathea Mortenstuen; Miniature theaters and other sorts of drama; The Nobel Prize comes to Lillehammer; The difficult thirties; "Fight for all that you hold dear"; The curtain falls; Epilogue; Notes; Chronology; Photo credits.