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The History of Danish Dreams

By Høeg Peter

The History of Danish Dreams Contemporary literature

The History of Danish Dreams

By Høeg Peter

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From the author of Smilla's Sense of Snow comes this highly imaginative novel, "wonderful in scope . . . crammed with Danish history, social realism, satire, magic realism, high romance, and sexual goings-on" (Newsday). In a Danish feudal castle, 1520, a count believes he has pinpointed the center of the universe--a patch of land on his estate. But when his discovery is met with disbelief, he walls off his mansion and has all of the clocks stopped. Four centuries pass instantaneously, and the count's young secretary, Carl, emerges from isolation to find a world bursting with war, innovation, love, sexuality, danger, and all the values of the sixteenth century turned upside down as though by supernatural forces--namely, the force of history. From one of our most gifted international writers comes a dazzling epic fairy tale, a tough fable about the gifts and iniquities of progress.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
418
Release Date:
2008-09-30
Publication Date:
2008-09-30
Publisher:
St. Martins Press-3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0312428014
ISBN13:
9780312428013
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
587 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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