The Ice Palace

<b>Tarjei Vesaas (Author) </b><br> <b>Tarjei Vesaas </b>died at the age of 72 in the same small village where he was born: Vinje in Telemark an isolated mountainous district of southern Norway. He wrote more than 25 novels and was nominated 30 times for the Nobel Prize.<br><br> How simple this novel is. How subtle. How strong. How unlike any other. It is unique. It is unforgettable. It is extraordinary. It is hard to do justice to <i>The Ice Palace</i> . . . The narrative is urgent the descriptions relentlessly beautiful the meaning as powerful as the ice piling up on the lake. Vesaas's laconic sentences are as cold and simple as ice - and as fantastic. The atmosphere created is magical: rather than explaining something he will just plant a poetic statement and let it grow within you. But if I had to choose a book I'm surprised isn't the most famous book in the world it might be <i>The Ice Palace</i> by Tarjei Vesaas. A haunting story full of ice and wind and poetry. If I had to choose a book I'm surprised isn't the most famous book in the world it might be <i>The Ice Palace</i> by Tarjei Vesaas. <p><b>'I'm surprised it isn't the most famous book in the world' Max Porter<br></b><b><br>'How simple this novel is. How subtle. How strong. How unlike any other. It is unique. It is unforgettable. It is extraordinary' Doris Lessing<br></b><br><br>'She was close to the edge now: the ice laid its hand upon her' <br><br>The schoolchildren call it the Ice Palace: a frozen waterfall in the Norwegian fjords transformed into a fantastic structure of translucent walls sparkling towers and secret chambers. It fascinates two young girls lonely Unn and lively Siss who strike up an intense friendship. When Unn decides to explore the Ice Palace alone and doesn't return Siss must try to cope with the loss of her friend without succumbing to a frozen world of her own making.</p> <p><b>'I'm surprised it isn't the most famous book in the world' Max Porter<br></b><b><br>'How simple this novel is. How subtle. How strong. How unlike any other. It is unique. It is unforgettable. It is extraordinary' Doris Lessing<br></b><br><br>'She was close to the edge now: the ice laid its hand upon her' <br><br>The schoolchildren call it the Ice Palace: a frozen waterfall in the Norwegian fjords transformed into a fantastic structure of translucent walls sparkling towers and secret chambers. It fascinates two young girls lonely Unn and lively Siss who strike up an intense friendship. When Unn decides to explore the Ice Palace alone and doesn't return Siss must try to cope with the loss of her friend without succumbing to a frozen world of her own making.</p>