Lars Mytting THE BELL IN THE LAKE First Edition Signed

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Lars Mytting THE BELL IN THE LAKE First Edition Signed

First edition first print hardback of THE BELL IN THE LAKE by Lars Mytting and published by MacLehose Press in 2020. Translated from the Norwegian by Deborah Dawkin. Signed by Mytting on a special tipped-in title page. Numberline is 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover.

The book is in fine condition (black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine) with no significant wear. The book is in a fine unclipped dust jacket which also has no wear to speak of. Internally the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears or other inscriptions.

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 Astrids 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 Sch?nauer 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 . . .

391 pages including Authors Note, plus a note about the author and translator.

ISBN: 9781529408508

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