A House in Norway

Original title: Et norsk hus © Cappelen Damm AS, 2014. Published in agreement with Cappelen Damm.This translation © Charlotte Barslund 2017.The translator’s moral right to be identified as the translator of the work has been asserted.Norvik Press Series B: English Translations of Scandinavian Literature, no. 72A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.ISBN: 978-1-909408-40-1Norvik PressDepartment of Scandinavian StudiesUniversity College LondonGower StreetLondon WC1E 6BTUnited KingdomWebsite: www.norvikpress.comE-mail address: [email protected] editors: Elettra Carbone, Sarah Death, Janet Garton, C. Claire Thomson.Layout and cover design: Essi ViitanenCover image: Hesteblomster, Frida Hansen, 1900, detail. Photo: Jensen, Stina Aadland  / Stiftelsen KulturkvartaletPrinted in the UK by Lightning Source UK LtdThis translation has been published with the financial support of NORLA.This book has been selected to receive financial assistance from English PEN’s “PEN Translates!” programme, supported by Arts Council England. English PEN exists to promote literature and our understanding of it, to uphold writers’ freedoms around the world, to campaign against the persecution and imprisonment of writers for stating their views, and to promote the friendly cooperation of writers and the free exchange of ideas.  www.englishpen.org