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Skerry Mass

Sven Kærup Bjørneboe's Skjærgårdsfolk immediately caught the attention of the reading public. Set in the age-old culture of the skerries of southern Norway, it was praised as a prose-lyrical mélange of saga, local history and human destinies. Written in the same vein, Skjærgårdsmessen constitutes a new highlight in the author's oeuvre. This is a 'winter's tale', depicting as it does the skerries under snow and at night, winter as it really is; death, too, and the people under the stars, puny human beings facing the vastness of the universe. It is a mass for a way of life that is fast disappearing.

First published: 2001, Aschehoug Fiction

Sven Kærup Bjørneboe: Biography and bibliography