The wooden holiday cabin, or hytte, is a staple of Norwegian life. Robert Ferguson, author of Scandinavians, explores the history and meaning of a national icon.
Robert Ferguson is an award-winning writer, translator, and radio dramatist. He is the author of numerous books, including Scandinavians: In Search of the Soul of the North, The Vikings: A History, Henrik Ibsen: A New Biography, and Enigma: The Life of Knut Hamsun, which was nominated for the Los Angeles Times Best Biography Award and won the University of London J.G. Robertson Award. His translation of Lars Mytting's Norwegian Wood won Non-Fiction Book of the Year in 2016. Born in the UK in 1948, he emigrated to Norway in 1983 and has made his home there since.
Illuminating... Insightful knowledge of Norway's cultural and
social history'
*TLS*
Ferguson takes us on an uncompromising journey into the dark cold
north, to reveal the warmth that comes from deep community bonds –
qualities all too often lost in our modern urban lives
*Tim Ecott*
Singular and captivating: the pursuit of a dream
*Professor John Carey*
PRAISE FOR ROBERT FERGUSON: 'Scandinavians is a terrific read...
[It] reads like many 19th-century travel books, which also combined
wonderful narrative description with bright speculation... It's
this approach that makes the book so thoroughly enjoyable' Literary
Review. 'Ferguson stretches wide the fabric of history, his
knowledge and insights in the process bringing the varied stories
of the Nordic people vividly to life' Irish Times. 'Charming,
affectionate... Penetrating'
*David Aaronovitch, The Times*
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