The Bell in the Lake: The Sister Bells Trilogy Vol. 1: The Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month...

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Lars Mytting Deborah Dawkin

The Bell in the Lake

The Sister Bells Trilogy Vol. 1: The Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month

Lars Mytting, Deborah Dawkin

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MacLehose Press
19 March 2020

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fiction in translation

Series: The Sister Bells Trilogy

"""Love, suspense, nature and superstition are woven together in this powerful novel"" MAJA LUNDE, author of The History of Bees

""Lars Mytting writes with an insight, empathy and integrity few others can match"" JO NESBO

""An exquisitely atmospheric novel

. . . The Bell in the Lake does what fiction promises: to steal you away to another world and ask you, if unfairly, to leave a little of your heart behind"" DEREK B. MILLER, author of Norwegian by Night

""Lyrical, melancholy and with beautifully drawn characters, this pitches old beliefs against new ways with a haunting

delicacy that rings true."" DAILY MAIL

THE TIMES' ""Historical Fiction Book of the Month""

The first in a rich historical trilogy that draws on legend, by a literary craftsman and the author of The Sixteen Trees of the Somme

Norway, 1880. Winter is hard in Butangen, a village secluded at the end of a valley. The lake has frozen, and for months the ground is too hard to bury the dead. Astrid Hekne dreams of a life beyond all this, beyond marriage, children, and working the land to the end of her days. Then Pastor Kai Schweigaard takes over the small parish, with its 700-year-old stave church carved with pagan deities. The two bells in the tower were forged by Astrid's forefather in the sixteenth century, in memory of conjoined twins Halfrid and Gunhild Hekne. They are said to hold supernatural powers.

The villagers are wary of the pastor and his resolve to do away with their centuries-old traditions, though Astrid also finds herself drawn to him. And then a stranger arrives from Dresden, with grand plans for the church itself. For headstrong Astrid this may be a provocation too far.

Talented architecture student Gerhard Schonauer is an improbable figure in this rugged community. Astrid has never met anyone like him; he seems so different, so sensitive. She finds that she must make a choice: for her homeland and the pastor, or for an uncertain future in Germany.

Then the bells begin to ring . . .

Translated from the Norwegian by Deborah Dawkin

Deborah Dawkin originally trained in theatre at Drama Centre, London, before turning to translation. Her translations include The Blue Room by Hanne Orstavik and Buzz Aldrin: What Happened to You in All the Confusion by Johan Harstad, shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Awards in 2012. She is the co-translator of eight plays by Ibsen for Penguin Classics.

With the support of the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union"

By: Lars Mytting
Translated by: Deborah Dawkin
Imprint: MacLehose Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 620g
ISBN: 9780857059376
ISBN 10: 0857059378
Series: The Sister Bells Trilogy
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 19 March 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lars Mytting, a novelist and journalist, was born in Favang, Norway, in 1968. His novel Svom med dem som drukner (published in English as The Sixteen Trees of the Somme) was awarded the Norwegian National Booksellers' Award and has been bought for film. Norwegian Wood has become an international bestseller, and was the Bookseller Industry Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2016.

Reviews for The Bell in the Lake: The Sister Bells Trilogy Vol. 1: The Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month

Love, suspense, nature and superstition are woven together in this powerful novel. Set in spectacular surroundings where anything can happen it will give the reader a taste of something deeply and genuinely Norwegian. - author of THE HISTORY OF BEES Lyrical, melancholy and with beautifully drawn characters, this pitches old beliefs against new ways with a haunting delicacy that rings true. - Daily Mail Lars Mytting's historical novel is captivating and engaging . . . With his powerful narrative style, intertwined story and detailed knowledge of carpentry, fishing and stave churches, there is reason to believe that this time he will again reach many many readers. - Dagbladet Magnificent historical novel - Adresseavisen