Weird Tales from Northern Seas: Norwegian Legends

By Jonas Lie

Book Overview

""Weird Tales From Northern Seas"" is a collection of short stories originally written in Danish by Jonas Lie and translated into English by R. Nisbet Bain. The stories are set in the harsh and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932043411
• ISBN13: 9781932043419
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Penfield Books
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Try it before you buy it

Very moody and atmospheric-- although I wonder how much of the atmosphere comes from translation. This collection represents an interesting change of pace. Since this is a translation, some of the names may be a bit difficult for some, depending on your patience about such things. Not an easy read for kids, but kids might not be interested in this anyway. I would say more, but you really should sample the book for yourself. Because these stories are in the public domain, this entire volume is available as a free html download at the Project Gutenberg website. Check it out!

Superb northern gothic ghost stories and related folklore

Jonas Lie are ranked among the most popular norwegian authors ever, writing plays, novels and short stories. His folklore short stories were originaly published in two volumes entitled "Troll" and "Troll 2" (A 'troll' is a evil monster of dark forces, as you may know, though some are depicted as nice and dumb). One of the stories were selected by Roald Dahl as one of the worlds 15 best ghost stories. If you are looking for something odd, classic and northern - try Jonas Lie!