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Author Heivoll, Gaute, 1978- author.

Title Across the China Sea : a novel / Gaute Heivoll ; translated from the Norwegian by Nadia Christensen.

Publication Info. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2017]
©2017

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  F HEIVOLL    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Adult Fiction  F HEIVOLL, GAUTE    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  F-HEIVOLL    Check Shelf
Description 223 pages ; 21 cm
Note Translation of: Over det Kinesiske Hav.
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.
Subject Families -- Norway -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Death -- Fiction.
Norway -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Domestic fiction.
Added Author Christensen, Nadia, translator.
Added Title Over det kinesiske hav. English
ISBN 1555977847 (paperback)
9781555977849 (paperback)
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