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Seattle. 1992. April 1992. Fjord Press. 2nd Printing. Good in Slightly Worn Wrappers. 094024246x. Translated from the Danish by Tiina Nunnally. 174 pages. paperback. Fjord Modern Classics #3. keywords: Literature Denmark Scandinavia Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Fjord Modern Classics #3. April 1992. Katinka is the stationmaster s wife in a sleepy Danish provincial town and her domestic languor is disrupted by the arrival of Huus, the new foreman on a nearby farm. Unlike her boorish husband Huus is attentive and sensitive and despite her best efforts Katinka falls in love with him. Her whole life is turned upside down by an intense passion she had never expected to experience and which has unforeseen consequences. Katinka is another of Herman Bang s tragic heroines. In its impressionistic almost cinematic style it is a novel ahead of its time. inventory #35335.
