Spring Night (Peter Owen modern classics) - Softcover

Vesaas, Tarjei

Softcover

ISBN 10: 072061189X ISBN 13: 9780720611892

Publisher: Peter Owen, 2004

Synopsis

A beautifully observed portrait of adolescent experience, this novel relates the events that overtake a girl and her young brother when they are left unaccompanied for the night on their parents' farm. They have to cope alone when a group of strangers call at the house after their car breaks down. The strangers are an ill-assorted family who inflict their personal problems and neurosis on the two young siblings. On a deeper level, this extraordinary novel from 1954 is an account and remembrance of how it really feels to be young. Self-growth, self-knowledge, and love are explored as the children experience the abrupt change from childish dreams and security to adult responsibility and happiness.

About this title

About the Author

Tarjei Vesaas was the author of several novels, volumes of poetry, and a book of short stories which was awarded an international prize at Venice in 1952. He was awarded several other prizes and was a candidate for the Nobel Prize in 1964, 1968, and again in 1969.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Owen
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 072061189X
• ISBN 13: 9780720611892
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 167