A House in Norway

Resumen del libro

A House in Norway tells the story of Alma, a divorced textile artist who makes a living from weaving standards for trade unions and marching bands. She lives alone in an old villa, and rents out an apartment in her house to supplement her income. She is overjoyed to be given a more creative assignment, to design a tapestry for an exhibition to celebrate the centenary of women's suffrage in Norway, but soon finds that it is a much more daunting task than she had anticipated. Meanwhile, a Polish family moves into her apartment, and their activities become a challenge to her unconscious assumptions and her self-image as a good feminist and an open-minded liberal. Is it possible to reconcile the desire to be tolerant and altruistic with the imperative need for creative and personal space?

Biografía del autor

Vigdis Hjorth (Oslo, 1959) Es una de las novelistas noruegas más importantes de la actualidad. Ha vivido en Oslo, Copenhague, Bergen, Suiza y Francia. Estudió Filosofía, Ciencias Políticas y Literatura. Con La herencia (2016), ganadora del Premio de los Libreros de Noruega, Premio de la Crítica y nominada para el prestigioso Premio de Literatura del Consejo Nórdico, ha sido su libro más exitoso. La novela se convirtió en una de las obras más aclamadas por la crítica y uno de los fenómenos editoriales más relevantes de los últimos años en Noruega.