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The Resource Across the China Sea : a novel, Gaute Heivoll ; translated from the Norwegian by Nadia Christensen, (electronic resource)
Across the China Sea : a novel, Gaute Heivoll ; translated from the Norwegian by Nadia Christensen, (electronic resource)
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The item Across the China Sea : a novel, Gaute Heivoll ; translated from the Norwegian by Nadia Christensen, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item Across the China Sea : a novel, Gaute Heivoll ; translated from the Norwegian by Nadia Christensen, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- "In the waning days of the German occupation of Norway, Karin and her husband move from Oslo to a tiny village in the south with their young son, the narrator. There they aim to live out their dream of caring for those who can't look after themselves. They have spent months building a modest house with rooms for patients, and it's soon filled with three adult men who are psychologically unstable--including Karin's uncle Josef, who suffered a head injury in a carriage accident--and five siblings whose parents have been declared unfit, and who are the subjects of much conversation in the village. This small and idiosyncratic community persists for nearly three decades. After his parents' deaths, the son returns to clean out this unusual home. The objects of his childhood retain a talisman-like power over him, and key objects--including an orange crate where he and his sister slept as infants, Josef's medal of honor, his mother's beloved piano, and many others--unlock vivid memories. In recounting the ways that the siblings both are and are not a part of his family, he reveals his special relationship with Ingrid, who cannot speak, and his sister's accidental death, which occurred when they were playing together, and its quiet yet tragic effects on the extended family. With warmth, gentle humor, and deep compassion, Gaute Heivoll portrays an unconventional family as it navigates an uncertain and often unkind world."--Amazon.com
- Language
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- eng
- nor
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (223 pages)
- Isbn
- 9781555979768
- Label
- Across the China Sea : a novel
- Title
- Across the China Sea
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Gaute Heivoll ; translated from the Norwegian by Nadia Christensen
- Language
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- eng
- nor
- eng
- Summary
- "In the waning days of the German occupation of Norway, Karin and her husband move from Oslo to a tiny village in the south with their young son, the narrator. There they aim to live out their dream of caring for those who can't look after themselves. They have spent months building a modest house with rooms for patients, and it's soon filled with three adult men who are psychologically unstable--including Karin's uncle Josef, who suffered a head injury in a carriage accident--and five siblings whose parents have been declared unfit, and who are the subjects of much conversation in the village. This small and idiosyncratic community persists for nearly three decades. After his parents' deaths, the son returns to clean out this unusual home. The objects of his childhood retain a talisman-like power over him, and key objects--including an orange crate where he and his sister slept as infants, Josef's medal of honor, his mother's beloved piano, and many others--unlock vivid memories. In recounting the ways that the siblings both are and are not a part of his family, he reveals his special relationship with Ingrid, who cannot speak, and his sister's accidental death, which occurred when they were playing together, and its quiet yet tragic effects on the extended family. With warmth, gentle humor, and deep compassion, Gaute Heivoll portrays an unconventional family as it navigates an uncertain and often unkind world."--Amazon.com
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1978-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Heivoll, Gaute
- Dewey number
- 839.8238
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PT8952.18.E38
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Christensen, Nadia
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Families
- Sisters
- FICTION / Literary
- Fiction
- Literature
- Norway
- Label
- Across the China Sea : a novel, Gaute Heivoll ; translated from the Norwegian by Nadia Christensen, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (223 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781555979768
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 1c12f25b-6e6f-4ce7-b8df-11dc9b0ed23f
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1003133796
- Label
- Across the China Sea : a novel, Gaute Heivoll ; translated from the Norwegian by Nadia Christensen, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (223 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781555979768
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 1c12f25b-6e6f-4ce7-b8df-11dc9b0ed23f
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1003133796
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