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Showing 1 - 12 of 32 results for “kari dickson”
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  • The Case of the Caprice of Lost Time

    by Rune Christiansen ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    Series series Literature in Translation Series
    From award–winning Norwegian author Rune Christiansen comes an absorbing and exquisite story about one woman's search for independence and a sense of belonging, and the unearthing of family secrets.Two months following her mother's death, Norma travels alone to visit her father, Torsten, with whom she has had a strained relationship since her parents divorced. Recently separated herself, Norma is ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • Something That Helps

    by Mona Høvring ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    Series series Literature in Translation Series
    From acclaimed Norwegian writer Mona Høvring comes an intimate and stirring coming-of-age and sexual awakening story of a young woman following her own path to destruction and reconciliation.Laura is in her late teens, living in a small coastal town in Western Norway, the summer before her final year of school. Haunted by the death of her mother by suicide, she has a strained relationship with her ... Read more

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  • After the North Pole

    A Story of Survival, Mythmaking, and Melting Ice

    by Erling Kagge ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    "A dazzling book — soulful, awe-inspiring, and deeply thought-provoking. Erling Kagge takes readers on a journey they’ll never forget." — Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of King: A Life"After the North Pole is a thrilling, insightful, and magical journey with something to interest readers of all stripes." — Shelf AwarenessFrom acclaimed Norwegian explorer, philosopher, and writer ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman's Life

    by Rune Christiansen ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    Series series Literature in Translation Series
    Winner of Norway's Brage PrizeHaving grown up as an only child in Northern Sweden, Lydia is used to isolation and being on her own. She fills her days with her love of animals, nature, and hard work. She eventually settles into a career as a vet in rural Norway and embraces the rhythms of country life. In a series of poetic sketches, Lydia tends to the animals in her community, spends time with ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mannequin Murder

    A Novel

    by Ingvild Schade ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    Meet Karsten—a little Holden Caulfield, a little Patrick Bateman—in this delirious, darkly comic stream of consciousness from one of Norway’s great literary talents, thrillingly translated by Kari Dickson.For your average fourteen-year-old, it would be a normal, middle-class life: father’s a doctor, mother’s an English teacher, a baby sister toddles aimlessly around the house in sagging diapers ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Swimwing

    by Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold ...
    Illustrated by Mari Kanstad Johnsen ...
    From the Norwegian creators of the award-winning Bedtime for Bo, this story illuminates the possibilities that can unfurl when we spread our wings, dive into new waters, and trust in our own capabilitiesElla, a small penguin on summer vacation, only has her eyes set on the wonders of the sky––how she wishes she could fly! The ocean, on the other hand, an endless abyss of the unknown, scares her. ... Read more

    $18.79 CAD

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  • Because Venus Crossed an Alpine Violet on the Day that I Was Born

    by Mona Høvring ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson, Rachel Rankin ...
    Series series Literature in Translation Series
    Winner of Norway's Dobloug PrizeWinner of the Norwegian Critics' Prize for LiteratureFinalist for the Norwegian Booksellers' PrizeIn a hotel, high up in a mountain village, two sisters aim to reconnect after distant years that contrast their close, almost twin-like upbringing. Martha has just been discharged from a sanatorium after a mental breakdown. Ella agrees to keep her company in the hope ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bedtime for Bo

    by Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold ...
    Illustrated by Mari Kanstad Johnsen ...
    A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2022 ★ Stretch like a giraffe and snuggle like a meerkat with Bo and Mommy as they get ready for bed!It’s time for bed, but little Bo isn’t ready to stop playing quite yet! As his mother gamely guides him through his nighttime routine, he imitates various animals—a hibernating bear after eating a snack, a snuggling sea ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • High

    A Journey Across the Himalayas Through Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal and China

    by Erika Fatland ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    ***Shortlisted for the 2023 STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR******A Financial Times Travel Book of the Year 2022***"Enchanting" Independent"Fatland distinguishes herself from the stereotypes" Guardian"Fatland is a sensitive and insightful chronicler of quotidian lives and a compelling narrator" Observer"Erika Fatland ascend... ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Inborn

    by Thomas Enger ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    When a double murder takes place in a Norwegian village high school, a teenager finds himself subject to trial by social media … and in the dock. Bestselling, highly emotive and award-winning Nordic Noir…'One of the finest writers of the Nordic Noir genre' Ragnar Jónasson'Satisfyingly tense and dark' Sunday Times'Spine-chilling and utterly unputdownable' Yrsa Sigurðardóttir... ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Fanny and the Mystery in the Grieving Forest

    by Rune Christiansen ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    Series series Literature in Translation Series
    Finalist for Norway's Brage PrizeFanny, a 17-year-old high school senior, has lost both her parents in a car accident. Granted permission to live independently in the family home located on the outskirts of a small Norwegian town, the days pass by as she performs her daily routine: going to school, maintaining the house, chopping and stacking wood, and keeping the weeds at bay. As Fanny grieves ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ballad of a Broken Nose

    by Arne Svingen ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    From award-winning Norwegian author Arne Svingen comes “an uplifting coming-of-age story” (The Wall Street Journal) about a relentlessly positive teenager who uses his love of opera to cope with his less-than-perfect home life.Bart is an eternal optimist. At thirteen years old, he’s had a hard life. But Bart knows that things won’t get any better if you have a negative attitude. His mother has ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD