If you're curious, the bi-lingual edition is here: https://wipfandstock.com/9781725286900/the-woman-question/ and a review here: https://jamesehartley.com/a-caustic-wit/. #KittyKielland #Kierkegaard #Norway #NorwegianLiterature

New on my blog, I've written about WILL AND TESTAMENT, Vigdis Hjorth's brilliant and powerful novel about dysfunctional families, abuse and a woman's fight to be acknowledged. It was amazing!

Here's the link to my review:
https://readersretreat2017.wordpress.com/2022/12/11/will-and-testament-vigdis-hjorth-tr-charlotte-barslund/

Translated from Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund.

#VersoBooks #VigdisHjorth #CharlotteBarslund #norwegianliterature #womenintranslation #bookreview #bookrecommendations #books #bookstadon

On my blog today, I've written about ALISS AT THE FIRE, Jon Fosse's haunting, atmospheric novella about grief and loss.

Here's the link to my review:
https://readersretreat2017.wordpress.com/2022/12/08/aliss-at-the-fire-jon-fosse-tr-damion-searls/

Translated from Norwegian by Damion Searls.

#FitzcarraldoEditions #JonFosse #AlissAtTheFire #norwegianliterature #bookreview #bookrecommendations #books #bookstadon #DamionSearls

2./ #KittyKielland "My argument is that every free person wants to have a personal, independent identity, and I do not see why we should not have the right to want it." #TheWomanQuestion #NorwegianLiterature
#WomensStudies
#C19Feminism #Christianity #Bookstodon. [Still getting the hang of this thing--sorry for any confusion.]

2./"My argument is that every free person wants to have a personal, independent identity, and I do not see why we should not have the right to want it." #TheWomanQuestion #NorwegianLiterature
#WomensStudies
#C19Feminism #Christianity #Bookstodon

Can I promote a recent-ish translation of mine?
1./ #KittyKielland's verve and confidence, scathing wit, and indignant ability (and willingness) to point out stupidity and hubris underpin her entry in the late nineteenth-century argument about "The Woman Question." A short review here: https://jamesehartley.com/a-caustic-wit/
Available here: https://wipfandstock.com/9781725286900/the-woman-question/
[Also, it is very slim. Makes a perfect small gift.] #TheWomanQuestion #NorwegianLiterature
#Women's Studies
#C19Feminism#Christianity #Bookstodon

For people interested in #norwegianliterature I've written a new #substack #newsletter about Vigdis Hjorth, #privatization and #Posten

https://davidtoms.substack.com/p/22-a-dead-letter

Enjoy a photo of my loosely set rice pudding. That’s about as much as I can enjoy because, yes kids, you can get Covid after 2.5 years of successful evasion: fully vaccinated, boosted, and a dedicated mask-wearer. My smell is gone. Bland foods make it bearable (this is what I am telling myself). #covid is not gone #Food #Reading #books (enjoying reading, at least, A House in Norway)#BooksInTranslation #NorwegianLiterature

Enjoy a photo of my loosely set rice pudding. That’s about as much as I can enjoy because, yes kids, you can get Covid after 2.5 years of successful evasion: fully vaccinated, boosted, and a dedicated mask-wearer. My smell is gone. Bland foods make it bearable (this is what I am telling myself). #covid is not gone #Food #Reading #books (enjoying reading, at least, A House in Norway)#BooksInTranslation #NorwegianLiterature