Strauss, Monica: CRUEL BANQUET. The Life and Loves of Frida Strindberg

Author: Strauss, Monica
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 2000
No. of pages: 270
Illustrations: 9 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound with Jacket
Size: 9”x 6”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 151002908
Biblio/Bio: Index.
Code: 4937

Price: $14.50

The first portrait of a fascinating woman who helped define the avant-garde movement in Europe from the 1890s to the 1920s. A complex and captivating look at Strinberg’s stubborn pursuit of a cultural role and her continuing struggle with the aftermath of her youthful marriage. Extensive notes.

SUNDANCE ON THE MOUNTAIN.

Author: Wallo, Olav
Country: Bloomington, MN
Language: English
Year Published: 1987
No. of pages: 163
Illustrations: some B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 11”x 8”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 961888709
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 6335

Price: $19.50

Thordarson, Agnar: SWORD, THE.

Author: Thordarson, Agnar
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 1970
No. of pages: 148
Illustrations:
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 6”x 9”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN:
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 4012

Price: $14.50

A Hamlet-like drama set in modern Iceland exposes the deep-seated conflict between the individual and the family. While it succeeds in maintaining and intensifying the reader’s suspense from the first page to the last, the author skillfully interweaves the stream of consciousness technique with finely honed dialogue and flashbacks.

Thordarson, Thorbergur: IN SEARCH OF MY BELOVED.

Author: Thordarson, Thorbergur
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 1967
No. of pages: 119
Illustrations:
Binding: Hardbound with Jacket
Size: 6”x 9”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN:
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 4037

Price: $19.50

This is a tale of youth in search of the unattainable woman, created by of one of Iceland’s leading men of letters. Romanticism and Realism go hand in hand, and gentle parody joins with relentless self-examination, in this exceptional writing.

TRANSTRÖMER, TOMAS: THE SORROW GONDOLA.

Author: McGriff, Michael; Grassl, Mikaela
Country: Sweden / California
Language: Swedish / English
Year Published: 2010
No. of pages: 71
Illustrations:
Binding: Softbound
Size: 6”x 4”
Weight: 0.00
ISBN: 9781933382449
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 7043

Price: $12.50

Tomas Transtromer is the recipient of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature. The Sorrow Gondola is the first collection of poetry the poet completed after the debilitating stroke he suffered in 1990.